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Asiana Airlines
아시아나 항공
Asiana Hanggong
IATA
OZ		 ICAO
AAR		 Callsign
ASIANA
Founded 1988
Hubs Incheon International Airport
Gimpo International Airport
Focus cities Gimhae International Airport
Jeju International Airport
Frequent flyer program Asiana Club
Member lounge Asiana Lounge
Alliance Star Alliance
Subsidiaries Air Busan
Fleet size 68 (+34 orders)
Destinations 77 incl. cargo
Parent company Kumho Asiana Group
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Key people Chan-Bup, Park [Vice Chairman & CEO], Young-Doo,Yoon(President & COO)
Website: http://www.flyasiana.com/
Asiana Airlines
Hangul 아시아나 항공
Hanja 아시아나 航空
Revised
Romanization		 Asiana Hanggong
McCune-
Reischauer		 Asiana Hanggong

Asiana Airlines (Hangul: 아시아나 항공; RR: Asiana Hanggong; KRX: 020560; formerly Seoul Airlines) is an airline based in Seoul, South Korea and is one of South Korea's two major airlines, along with Korean Air. Asiana is one of six airlines to receive a five-star rating from Skytrax.[1]

Asiana is a member of the Star Alliance and operates services to 12 domestic destinations and 82 international destinations in 21 countries worldwide.[2]

Asiana's headquarters and overseas hub is located at Incheon International Airport (near Seoul) and its domestic hub is at Gimpo International Airport.

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[edit] History

Asiana was established on 17 February 1988 and started operations in December 1988 with flights to Busan. It was formed by the Kumho Asiana Group (formerly Kumho Group) as part of the South Korean government's policy to create a second flag carrier and was originally known as Seoul Air International. 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 7,799 staff (at March 2007).[2]

Asiana Airlines has rapidly expanded since its establishment in 1988 to become a midsized, global carrier with a fleet of 69 aircraft providing international services to 66 cities in 21 countries on 82 routes, and domestic services to 12 cities on 15 routes. In 2007, the airline had net sales of some US $3 billion.[3]

[edit] New Image

In February 2006, Asiana Airlines modernised its corporate identity to harmonise with those of other divisions of its parent company the Kumho Asiana Group. The names of the travel classes have changed from First Class, Business Class, and Economy Class to First, Business, and Travel classes respectively, and the colors of the travel classes have changed to yellow, blue and red for First, Business, and Travel Class, respectively. New uniforms are also planned for the crew.[4]

On 18 April 2007, Skytrax awarded Asiana the prestigious five-star ranking, an accolade shared with Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Kingfisher Airlines.[5] On 17 February 2009, Air Transport World awarded Asiana the "Airline of the Year", which is considered one of the most honorable awards in the airline industry.

[edit] Destinations

Further information: Asiana Airlines destinations

[edit] Notable Achievements

[edit] Codeshare agreements

An Asiana Boeing 777-200ER in post-2006 colours departs from Sydney Airport in Australia
Asiana 747 in new livery taking off from Manila

The airline has code-share agreements with the following airlines (as of November 2008):[9]

(Star) - Star Alliance members

[edit] Fleet

[edit] Narrow body

The Asiana Airlines fleet consists of the following narrow body aircraft:[2]

Asiana Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Options Passengers
(First/Business/Travel)		 Routes Notes
Airbus A320-200 10 1 0 143 (-/8/135) Domestic/International short-medium haul
China, Japan, Southeast Asia		 Had leased one A320-200, arriving at summer 2009.
Airbus A321-100 2 0 0 200 (-/-/200) Domestic routes Planned to lease back all A321-100s until year 2010.
Airbus A321-200 12 0 0 177 (-/12/165) Domestic/International short-medium haul
China, Japan, Southeast Asia
Boeing 737-400 7 0 0 150 (-/-/150) Domestic routes

[edit] Wide body

The Asiana Airlines fleet consists of the following wide body aircraft:[2]

Asiana Airlines Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Options Passengers
(First/Business/Travel)		 Routes Notes
Airbus A330-300 7 1 0 290 (-/30/260) International short-medium haul
Japan, China, Central and Southeast Asia
Airbus A350 0 30 10 International long haul/Regional Ten orders each for series 800, 900 and 1000, Entry into service from 2016 [10]
Boeing 747-400 2 0 0 359 (10/45/304) International long haul
Seoul (Incheon) to New York (JFK)

International Short Haul
Tokyo or Hong Kong
Boeing 747-400 Combi 3 0 0 284 (12/36/236) International long haul/High-capacity short haul
LA, Chicago, Frankfurt, London, Tokyo(NRT), Beijing
Boeing 767-300 7 0 0 260 (-/18/242) Domestic/International short-medium haul
Japan, China,India and Southeast Asia
Boeing 777-200ER 10 2 0 303 (-/32/271) International long haul/High-capacity short haul
North America(Seattle, Chicago, San Francisco, LA(In case of unavailability of B747)), Australia(Sydney), Japan(Tokyo, Osaka), Europe(Paris,Frankfurt,London)		 Subsequent deliveries will be configured with first class.
10th 777-200ER was delivered in 11/25/2008.
  • The average Asiana Airlines fleet age was 7.7 years old in december 2008.[11]
  • Asiana Airlines will return all of its leased Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft, while it has a plan to convert three B747-400M to freighters. In order to compensate for the loss of these passenger jets, Asiana will introduce two Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. Asiana plans discussions with Boeing in September for further aircraft procurement.[citation needed]
  • Asiana assigns Hong Kong, Saipan and Taipei to its Southeast Asia grouping.[12][13]

[edit] Cargo

The Asiana Cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:[2]

Asiana Airlines Cargo Fleet
Aircraft Total Capacity
(max.weight)		 Routes Notes
Boeing 747-400F 5 120,000 kgs International medium-long haul
Asia, Europe and North America
Boeing 747-400SF 3 120,000 kgs International medium-long haul
Asia, Europe and North America
Boeing 767-300F 1 54,000 kgs Regional short-medium haul
China, Japan and Southeast Asia
  • The first of four Boeing 747-400 combi to full freighter conversions has been delivered from Bedek Aviation Group, part of Israel Aerospace Industries. The second delivery will be later in 2007, with the other two conversions due for delivery in early 2009[14]

[edit] Cargo

Asiana Boeing 747-48EM(now BDSF) in old livery in Frankfurt

Asiana Cargo is the airline's freight division, operating 747F and 767F freighter aircraft to points in Asia, Europe and North America.

[edit] Incidents and accidents

Asiana Airlines logo, 1988-2005
  • On 29 April 2009, an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777, flight 271, flying between Seattle-Tacoma International Airport(SEA) and Incheon Airport(ICN), with 179 passengers and 16 crew aboard made an emergency landing shortly after taking off from SEA after fire and smoke was seen from the left engine. The airplane dumped fuel over the Puget Sound, before landing safely around 3:30 pm at Seatac. The 7 year old Boeing 777-200ER, registered HL7700 is powered by two Pratt & Whitney PW4090 engines. It was delivered on May 24, 2002. A compressor stall is blamed for the incident as of May 4,2009. Local residents expressed their concern about the fuel dump but authorities assured the general public that the fuel dump is not fatal or have any adverse consequences.[15]
  • On 9 June 2006, an Asiana Airlines Flight 8942 A321-100 (HL7594) en route Jeju-Seoul flew through a hailstorm which blew off the aircraft's nose cone, destroyed its radar and shattered the front cockpit windows. The aircraft landed safely at Gimpo Airport. The pilots were initially commended for their actions but then suspended for failure to avoid the storm.[16]
  • On 11 November 1998, an Asiana Airlines B747-400 attempting a U-Turn in the gate area of the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport embedded its winglet in an Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-62M tail. No one was injured. Asiana was subsequently sued by Aeroflot. The Il-62M in this incident is now retired and is parked at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport with the Asiana winglet still embedded into its tail.[17]
  • On 26 July 1993, an Asiana Airlines Flight 733 B737-500 (HL7229) struck high ground in poor weather about 4 kilometres from the runway in Mokpo while it was making its third attempt landing at runway 06 at Mokpo Airport. 2 of the 6 crew members and 66 of the 110 passengers were killed.[18]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Skytrax: 5-Star Airlines
  2. ^ a b c d e "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 78. 2007-03-27. 
  3. ^ [http://www.wbcsd.org/DocRoot/Kc1Z6l1nq2Hx5F2W8Ua2/asianaairlinesfullcasefinalweb.pdf Asiana Airlines Environmentally friendly management and sustainability - 2009 Case Study]
  4. ^ Asiana Airlines new colours
  5. ^ Asiana Airlines awarded 5 Star Airline ranking 18 April 2007
  6. ^ ISO 14000 essentials
  7. ^ World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
  8. ^ ATW's 2009 Airline of the Year
  9. ^ Asiana Airlines code-share partners page 5 July 2007
  10. ^ Asiana Airlines orders 30 Airbus A350 aircraft 16 July 2008
  11. ^ Asiana Airlines Fleet Age
  12. ^ In-flight publications about its mileage programme.
  13. ^ 운항시간표 [1]
  14. ^ Flight International 20-26 March 2007
  15. ^ [2]
  16. ^ "Asiana Pilots Suspended for Hailstorm Incident". 2007-01-26. http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200701/200701260034.html. Retrieved on 21 November 2008. 
  17. ^ Harro Ranter (1998-11-11). "ASN Aircraft accident Ilyushin 62M RA-86564 Anchorage International Airport, AK (ANC)". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19981111-1. Retrieved on 21 November 2008. 
  18. ^ Harro Ranter (1993-07-26). "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 737-5L9 HL7229 Mokpo". Aviation Safety Network. http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930726-1. Retrieved on 21 November 2008. 

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