ROUTE DEVELOPMENT
Korean Air
Korean Air operates flights to 89 cities in 34 countries, with top destinations including Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and New York.
This year the carrier is looking to open up new routes to Huangshan in China, Irkutsk in Russia and Abu Dhabi in the UAE, although nothing has as yet been confirmed.
Korean Air sees Incheon Airport as an important feeder point for what is predicted to be growing demand for China-US and East Asia-US flights, with the carrier planning to increase frequencies to Los Angeles and Chicago, some major cities in China and Singapore, and Ho Chi Minh City to cater to it.
Korean Air and Incheon also regularly co-operate to their mutual benefit. In 2001, Incheon became a SkyTeam hub thanks to Korean Air being a founding member of the alliance and today the airline operates a number of codeshares and other synergies from the gateway. At the end of 2011 Korean Air takes delivery of 10 A380s and
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a further five in 2014; as part of preparations to operate them Incheon has built five widebody gates to service them from Concourse A and the third runway is capable of handling large aircraft, such as the A380 and B787. Incheon is also an important part of Korean Air’s impressive global cargo network, with the carrier processing some 304,437 tons of cargo in 2010. Volumes have increased steadily from 2001 and today key markets include Vienna, London and Frankfurt in Europe, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tianjin in China and smaller operations in Japan, Oceania and other Southeast Asia destinations. Korean Air’s major freight products include cell phones, electronic parts and LCD/LED auto components, which are processed through the carrier’s 65,600sqm cargo facility, a structure that boasts 70 truck docks, a dedicated cold storage area and 16 bays for 747F loading and unloading. The airline says it sees Incheon as a ‘strategic partner’ and since 2009 has provided a number of incentive schemes for transiting passengers, global co-advertising initiatives with the airport and attends regular management level meetings.
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