Asiana Airlines
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| Founded | 1988 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Incheon International Airport Gimpo Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Busan International Airport Jeju International Airport | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Asiana Club | ||||||
| Alliance | Star Alliance | ||||||
| Fleet size | 63 | ||||||
| Destinations | 66 | ||||||
| Parent company | Asiana Airlines, Inc. | ||||||
| Headquarters | Seoul, Republic of Korea | ||||||
| Key people | Park Seong-yawng (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | http://www.flyasiana.com | ||||||
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Asiana Airlines (KRX: 020560) is one of South Korea's two major airlines. It is both smaller and younger than Korean Air. Asiana's headquarters and overseas hub are located at Incheon International Airport and its domestic hub is at Gimpo Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport).
History
The airline was established on 17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to Bangkok. 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. 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 6,411 staff (at January 2005).
Asiana Airlines recently (on 1 February 2006) changed its CI(Corporate Identity) as parent company KumhoAsiana Group decided to unify different CIs of its divisions. Also, Asiana Airlines is considering of changing uniform of flight attendants and livery of the aircrafts by 2008, the company's 20th anniversary.
Destinations
Fleet
The Asiana Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2005):
- 2 Airbus A320-200
- 2 Airbus A321-100
- 13 Airbus A321-200
- 3 Airbus A330-300 (further 1 on order)
- 12 Boeing 737-400
- 3 Boeing 737-500
- 13 Boeing 747-400 (6 combi, 5 cargo, 2 pax)
- 6 Boeing 767-300 (5 pax, 1 cargo)
- 3 Boeing 767-300ER
- 5 Boeing 777-200 (further 3 on order)
The airline also has 2 Airbus A319-100 aircraft on order.
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