Everything about Asiana Airlines totally explained
Asiana Airlines (아시아나 항공
Asiana Hanggong ) (Formerly
Seoul Airlines) is an
airline based in
Seoul,
South Korea and is one of
South Korea's two major
airlines, along with
Korean Air.
Asiana is a member of the
Star Alliance and operates services to 12 domestic destinations and 73 international destinations in 17 countries worldwide.
Asiana's headquarters and overseas hub is located at
Incheon International Airport (near Seoul) and its domestic hub is at
Gimpo International Airport.
History
Asiana was established on
17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to
Busan. It was formed by the
Kumho Asiana Group (formerly Kumho Group) as part of the South Korean government's policy to create a second
flag carrier and was originally known as Seoul Air International. The South Korean government has given its approval for foreign ownership of the airline to increase from 20% to 50%. The airline is owned by private investors (30.53%), Kumho Industrial (29.51%), Kumho Petrochemical (15.05%), foreign investors (11.9%), Korea Development Bank (7.18%), others (5.83%) and employs 7,799 staff (at March 2007).
On
18 April 2007 Asiana was awarded a 5-star rating by
Skytrax, an accolade shared with
Cathay Pacific,
Malaysia Airlines,
Qatar Airways,
Singapore Airlines and
Kingfisher Airlines.
Destinations
Codeshare agreements
The airline has
code-share agreements with the following airlines (as of May 2008):
Fleet
The Asiana Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of January 2008):
The first of four Boeing 747-400 combi to full freighter conversions has been delivered from Bedek Aviation Group, part of Israel Aerospace Industries. The second delivery will be later in 2007, with the other two conversions due for delivery in early 2009
Asiana Airlines will return all of its leased Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, while it has a plan to convert three B747-400M to freighters. In order to compensate for the loss of these passenger jets, Asiana will introduce two Boeing 777-200ER aircraft and one Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. Asiana plans discussions with Boeing in September for further aircraft procurement.
Asiana assigns Hong Kong, Saipan and Taipei to its Southeast Asia grouping.
Cargo
Asiana Cargo is the airline's freight division, operating 747F and 767F freighter aircraft to points in Asia, Europe and North America.
Asiana Airlines Cargo Fleet>
| Aircraft |
Total |
Capacity
(max.weight) |
Routes |
Notes |
| Boeing 747-400F |
5 |
|
International medium-long haul
Asia, Europe and North America |
General Electric CF6 engines |
| Boeing 747-400BCF |
3 |
|
International medium-long haul
Asia, Europe and North America |
|
| Boeing 767-300F |
1 |
|
Regional short-medium haul
China, Japan and Southeast Asia |
|
Incidents and accidents
On 9 June 2006, an Asiana Airlines Flight 8942 A321-100（HL7594) en route Jeju-Seoul flew through a hailstorm which blew off the aircraft's nose cone, destroyed its radar and shattered the front cockpit windows. The aircraft landed safely at Gimpo Airport.
On 11 November 1998, an Asiana Airlines B747-400 attempting a U-Turn in the gate area of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport embedded its winglet in an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62M tail. No one was injured. Asiana was subsequently sued by Aeroflot. The Il-62M in this incident is now retired and is parked at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport with the Asiana winglet still embedded into its tail.
On 26 July 1993, an Asiana Airlines Flight 733 B737-500（HL7229） struck high ground in poor weather about 4 km from the runway in Mokpo while it was making its third attempt landing at runway 06 at Mokpo Airport. 2 of the 6 crew members and 66 of the 110 passengers were killed. (External Link
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