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Asiana Airlines Inc. (Korean: 아시아나항공; Hanja: 아시아나航空; RR: Asiana Hanggong KRX: 020560) is a South Korean airline headquartered in Seoul. [4] The airline operates 90 international passenger routes, 14 domestic passenger routes and 27 cargo routes throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.
Kumho Asiana Group is a large South Korean Chaebol (conglomerate), with subsidiaries in the construction, electronics, IT, leisure, logistics, manufacturing, tourism and transportation sectors. The group is headquartered at the Kumho Asiana Main Tower in Sinmunno 1-ga , Jongno-gu , Seoul , South Korea . [ 1 ]
The merger of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines was a policy announced by the Government of South Korea in November 2020, which resulted in Korean Air absorbing Asiana Airlines creating a dominant carrier in South Korea. [1] The merger was completed on December 12, 2024 following approval from fair-competition authorities globally. [2]
The airline's reputation has significantly improved by 2009 as it has focused investment on improving its safety record including by hiring consultants from Boeing and Delta Air Lines. [10] In November 2020, it was announced that Korean Air would merge with competitor Asiana Airlines and the merger was completed on December 12, 2024. [11] [12]
The airline began its operation in 2007 as Busan International Airlines Company (Korean: 부산국제항공; Hanja: 釜山國際航空); it launched service in October 2008. [3] Air Busan is South Korea's third-largest low-cost airline, carrying 4.5 million domestic and 3.6 million international passengers in 2018.
Outside South Korea, the countries with the largest airports served by Asiana Airlines are China with 24, Japan with 9 and the United States with 10. [1] As of July 2020, Asiana Airlines operates between Incheon and 22 cities in China, and along with Korean Air is one of the two largest foreign airlines to operate in the People's Republic of ...
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This is a list of airline holding companies, that either own more than one airline or are the parent company of a single airline. A company or firm in which the holding company owns a significant portion of voting shares , usually 20–50% or a "minority of share ownership", is known as an associate company .