Asiana Airlines

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Asiana Airlines

IATA OZ	ICAO AAR	Callsign ASIANA
Founded		1988
Hubs		Incheon International Airport Gimpo International 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		77 incl. cargo
Parent company		Asiana Airlines, Inc.
Headquarters		Seoul, Republic of Korea
Key people		Park Seong-yawng (CEO)
Website: http://www.flyasiana.com

Asiana Airlines
Hangul:	아시아나 항공
Hanja:	아시아나 航空
Revised Romanization:	Asiana Hanggong
McCune-Reischauer:	Ashiana Hanggong

Asiana Airlines HL7414 in Frankfurt, Germany

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 International Airport (formerly Kimpo International Airport).

1 History
2 New Image
3 Destinations
4 Code Sharing
5 Fleet
6 Incidents
7 External links
8 References
9 See also

[edit] History

The airline was established on 17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to Busan. 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).

[edit] New Image

Asiana Airlines in February 2006 changed its (Corporate Identity) as parent company Kumho Asiana Group decided to unify different CIs of its divisions. New uniforms are also planned for the crew.

Asiana Airlines new colours

[edit] Destinations

Further information: Asiana Airlines destinations

[edit] Code Sharing

The airline has code-share agreements with the following airlines (as of May 2006):

Asiana Airlines logo, 1988-2005

[edit] Fleet

The Asiana Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[1] :

4 Airbus A320-200
2 Airbus A321-100
10 Airbus A321-200
4 Airbus A330-300 (plus 2 on order)
8 Boeing 737-400
3 Boeing 737-500(for domestic purpose only)
2 Boeing 747-400
6 Boeing 747-400 Combi
6 Boeing 747-400F
7 Boeing 767-300
1 Boeing 767-300ERF
7 Boeing 777-200ER (plus 3 on order)

The average Asiana Airlines fleet age is 7 years old in April 2006.

[edit] Incidents

An Airbus A321 en route Jeju-Seoul (Flight OZ8942) flew through a hailstorm on June 9, 2006 which blew off the aircraft's nose cone, destroyed its radar and shattered the front cockpit windows. The aircraft landed safely at Gimpo Airport.
On 11 November 1998, an Asiana Airlines B747 attempting a U-Turn in the gate area of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport embedded its wingtip in an Aeroflot Ilyushin IL-62 tail. No one was injured. Asiana was sued by Aeroflot.
On 26 July 1993, an Asiana Airline B737-500 struck high ground in poor weather about 4 km from the runway in Mokpo while it was making its third attempt at a landing. Four of the six crew members and 66 of the 110 passengers were killed.