Korean Air is a largest Seoul based private airliner and flag carrier of South Korea.
The airline operates largest fleet in Asia covering many world destinations including Europe, North America, South America, Africa and Far East.
The base hub is located at Incheon International Airport, Seoul in South Korea.
The airline has offices over 130 cities in the world spread over 45 countries, across many continents to handle both passenger and cargo traffic.
Korean Air is rated among the top 20 airlines in the world in terms of number of passengers it serves.
This is one of the popular international airlines in India, mainly for destinations in Korea, China, Japan, Thailand and other destinations.
Korean aviation history can be traced back to 1948, when the first airline Korea National Airline was founded by few private entrepreneurs. However, the excrement was flapped as the company failed to meet the requirement of passengers and became bankrupt in 1962. The Korean government made another attempt by setting up Korean Airline in the same year.
Unfortunately, that move also failed as the company made huge losses. During March, 1969, Korean Air was privatized and sold to Hanjin Transport Group.
This helped to revive the company and there was no looking back, there after. In 1973, Korean Air expanded its operations to many Pacific and Atlantic destinations after acquiring sophisticated Boeing 747 aircrafts to its fleets.
In the same year, it started operations to Paris and other European cities using Boeing 747-400’s and McDonald MD-11 aircrafts. The airline changed to its present name Korean Air in 1986, and became one of the successful international airliners.
Korean air flights fly to many Asian countries including Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, India, Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Vietnam and Middle East.
The European destinations include Czech Republic, Austria, France, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Russia, Switzerland, UK and Turkey.
It offers direct flights to many cities in the USA, Canada, Central and South America.
Far East and Oceania also falls under the Korean air network with different destinations in Australia, New Zealand, and Fuji, Indonesia. Korean Air offers direct flights from Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkotta, and Chennai to various Asian, European and American destinations.
Korean Air has entered code sharing agreement with many leading global airliners such as Aeroflot, Delta, Northwest, KLM, Lufthansa, Kenyan Airways and Czech Airlines.
Korean air offers service to Indian customers through its offices located in major cities including Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkatta and Chennai.
It also offers online ticket booking facility and ticketing through GSA.
