All posts tagged "Asiana"

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    Asiana to pay $55 million settlement in fuel price-fixing case

    (Yonhap) — Asiana Airlines said Friday that it has agreed to pay a $55 million settlement in a fuel surcharge price-fixing case, ending a decade-long anti-trust class action lawsuit against South Korea’s second-largest carrier. Asiana said in...

    • Posted March 25, 2016
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    Korean Air, Asiana struggle to retain pilots

    By Lee Hyo-sik Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are struggling to retain their pilots who are being tempted by higher salaries and better incentives offered by Chinese rivals, officials said Monday. The increasing exodus of local pilots...

    • Posted January 11, 2016
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  • koreanair-asiana
    S. Korean pilots look overseas for higher pay

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Park Gyeong-cheol, a 35-year-old pilot for Asiana Airlines Inc., thought he had found his lifetime job when he first entered the company years ago. Following grueling training and tests, he was proud and made...

    • Posted October 14, 2015
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  • Asiana Airlines A380 super jumbo. (Yonhap file photo)
    Asiana to remove nearly all its first-class seats

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 flag carrier, said Wednesday it plans to eliminate almost all its first-class seats from its international flights as part of an effort to cut losses. The first-class...

    • Posted August 25, 2015
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  • An Asiana Airlines plane sits at Hiroshima airport in Mihara, Hiroshima prefecture, western Japan Wednesday, April 15, 2015 after it skidded off a runway Tuesday. About 20 people received minor injuries, officials said. (Muneyuki Tomari/Kyodo News via AP)
    Asiana jet slides off runway at Hiroshima

    By Kim Jae-won An Asiana Airlines aircraft overran a runway at a Japanese airport Tuesday evening, leaving 23 passengers with minor injuries, according to officials and reports. Asiana flight 162 slid off the runway at Hiroshima Airport...

    • Posted April 14, 2015
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  • Asiana Airlines A380 super jumbo. (Yonhap file photo)
    Asiana appeals 45-day flight suspension

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-largest flag carrier, said Monday that it has formally appealed a 45-day government ban on flights on its Incheon-San Francisco route, imposed following its crash last year that left...

    • Posted November 18, 2014
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  • The wreck of Asiana Flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport (Yonhap)
    Asiana gets 45-day suspension on San Francisco route over crash

    SEJONG (Yonhap) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s No. 2 flag carrier, was ordered Friday to suspend its services to San Francisco for 45 days as punishment for a passenger jet crash in the U.S. city last...

    • Posted November 14, 2014
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