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Asiana Airlines 아시아나 항공 아시아나 航空 Asiana Hanggong

IATA OZ	ICAO AAR	Callsign ASIANA
Founded		1988
Hubs		Incheon International Airport Gimpo International Airport
Focus cities		Gimhae International Airport Jeju International Airport
Frequent flyer program		Asiana Club
Member lounge		Asiana Lounge
Alliance		Star Alliance
Fleet size		63
Destinations		77 incl. cargo
Parent company		Kumho Asiana Group
Headquarters		Seoul, South Korea
Key people		Kang, Chu-Ahn (CEO)
Website: http://www.flyasiana.com

1 History
- 1.1 New Image
2 Destinations
3 Code Sharing
4 Fleet
5 Incidents
6 External links
7 References

Asiana Airlines (아시아나 항공 Asiana Hanggong KOSDAQ: 020560) is an airline based in Seoul, South Korea and is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air.

Asiana operates services to 12 domestic destinations and 73 international destinations in 17 countries worldwide.^[1]

Asiana's headquarters and overseas hub is located at Incheon International Airport and its domestic hub is at Gimpo International Airport, both in Seoul.

[edit] History

The airline was established on 17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to Busan. It was formed by the KumhoAsiana 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).^[1]

[edit] New Image

In February 2006 Asiana Airlines changed its Corporate Identity to harmonise with those of other divisions of its parent company the Kumho Asiana Group. The names of the travel classes have changed from First Class, Business Class, and Economy Class to First, Business, and Travel classes respectively, and the colors of the travel classes have changed to yellow, blue and red for First, Business, and Travel Class, respectively. New uniforms are also planned for the crew.^[2]

[edit] Destinations

Further information: Asiana Airlines destinations

[edit] Code Sharing

Asiana Airlines HL7414 in Frankfurt, Germany

The airline has code-share agreements with the following airlines (as of April 2007):^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Fleet

The Asiana Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of March 2007):^[1]

**Asiana Airlines Fleet**
Aircraft	Total	Passengers (Executive*/Economy)	Routes	Notes
Airbus A320-200	5
Airbus A321-100	2
Airbus A321-200	9
Airbus A330-300	5 (1 on order)
Boeing 737-400	7
Boeing 737-500	3
Boeing 747-400	2
Boeing 747-400 Combi	6
Boeing 747-400F	5
Boeing 767-300	7
Boeing 767-300F	1
Boeing 777-200ER	7 (3 on order)

The average Asiana Airlines fleet age was 7 years old in April 2006.^[3]
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^[4]
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.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Incidents

^{[citation needed]}

Asiana Airlines logo, 1988-2005

An Airbus A321 en route Jeju-Seoul (Flight OZ8942) flew through a hailstorm on June 9, 2006 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 attempting a U-Turn in the gate area of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport embedded its wingtip in an Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-62 tail. No one was injured. Asiana was subsequently sued by Aeroflot.
On 26 July 1993, an Asiana Airlines Flight 104 B737-500 struck high ground in poor weather about 4 km from the runway in Mokpo while it was making its third attempt at landing. Four of the six crew members and 66 of the 110 passengers were killed.

[edit] External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

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[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c Flight International 27 March 2007
^ Asiana Airlines new colours
^ Asiana Airlines Fleet Age
^ Flight International 20-26 March 2007

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Members of the Star Alliance

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Regional members: Adria Airways • Blue1 • Croatia Airlines
Future members: Air China • Shanghai Airlines • Turkish Airlines

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