Asiana Airlines

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Asiana Airlines
IATA
OZ 		ICAO
AAR 		Callsign
Asiana
Founded 1988
Hubs Incheon International Airport
Gimpo Airport
Focus cities/ secondary hubs Busan International Airport
Jeju International Airport
Frequent flyer program Asiana Club
Member lounge Asiana Lounge
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 www.flyasiana.com

Asiana Airlines (KOSDAQ: 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).

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Asiana Airlines
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Korean name
Hangul: 아시아나 항공
Hanja: 아시아나 航空
(Note: There are no Hanja for "Asiana")
Revised Romanization: Asiana Hanggong
McCune-Reischauer: Ashiana Hanggong

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 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).

Destinations

Asiana Airlines serves the following destinations (at August 2005):

China, People's Republic of

Japan

Korea, South

Philippines

Russia

Thailand

Vietnam

Other Cities in Asia

United States

Europe

Oceania

Fleet

Image:Asiana Airlines HL7414 frankfurt 100 0557.JPG The Asiana Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (at July 2005):

The airline also has 2 Airbus A319-100 aircraft on order.

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See also


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Air Canada | Air New Zealand | ANA | Asiana Airlines | Austrian Airlines
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Spanair | TAP Portugal | Thai Airways | United Airlines | US Airways | Varig

Regional Members: Adria Airways | Blue1 | Croatia Airlines
Future Members: South African Airways | Swiss


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