Korean Air to change its name because of salted nuts? Incidents and accidents

New episode of the popular Korean series "Korean Air vs. Salted Nuts." The further it goes, the bigger and more scandalous it becomes. The hype, of course, was not like with Sewol, but the “popular anger” is raging with might and main. There was talk about changing the name of Korean Air. But in general, well done Koreans for not letting everything go to waste...

New details in the text of the note... There is nothing special to add, the further - the more “merrier”... The scandal is growing... One Korean told me how it all started: “Well, now the company is f...c”, I don’t I believed it, I said: “Come on, punish Cho and nothing else will happen”)) But he answered: “No, everything is more serious, we grabbed it from the top and are now pulling everything to the roots.” I see he was right... The company will remember this for a long time.

Korean Air may lose its name due to salted nuts
Oleg Kiryanov (Busan)
The scandal surrounding the scandalous behavior of Korean Air vice-president Cho Hyun-ah on board his own company's airliner continues to grow. There has been talk about the need to change the name of Korea's main air carrier, which, as many Koreans believe, has disgraced their country throughout the world. At the same time, the Ministry of Transport, which was accused of trying to hush up the scandal in the interests of the company, announced the launch of its own investigation to identify violations committed by its employees.
Now it seems that the scandal with Cho Hyun Ah’s behavior on board the liner was the last straw, which overflowed the patience of ordinary employees of the company. The country's main carrier has already been caught trying to put pressure on its subordinates and even passengers to present the “salted nuts scandal” in a light favorable to the vice president, but it seems that this is only the beginning. New facts were voiced by the chief flight attendant of that same flight KE 086, Park Chang-jin, who Cho pushed off the plane, who spoke on local television. On the air of the KBS TV channel, he said that after the scandal began, the company’s employees, including him, received instructions from management to delete all official correspondence by email. Then it became clear that Korean Air would not be able to avoid the investigation, and therefore they tried to cover their tracks. Moreover, the company's management forced Pak to rewrite the testimony that he was supposed to provide to the Ministry of Transport 10 times.
Park added that after the company’s attempts to put pressure on him, the desire to shift responsibility to ordinary employees and shield the vice president, he considers it a matter of honor to see everything through to the end.
At the same time, a message from an anonymous user appeared on the airline's website, who many are sure is a pilot of one of the Korean Air airliners. It says that the practice of arbitrariness and scandalous behavior of company management on board aircraft is common and has until now been simply hidden. It was Cho Hyun A who was especially famous for her temper. It is also noted that the commanders of the airliners were subjected to even greater pressure from eccentric leaders during flights. “Do you think any of the crew on board are happy when someone from the top management is flying? Now everyone is talking about the injured flight attendant and stewardess. But think about this: the stress that flight attendants experience as a result of management cannot be compared to what the captain of an aircraft experiences,” the post reads.
A wave of criticism has now hit the Ministry of Land Resources and Transport of South Korea. Journalists established that the questioning of the disembarked flight attendant was carried out long time in the presence of Korea Air management. Park Chang-jin was also made to understand that among the six employees of the ministry's investigation team, two came from Korea Air. In addition, as a result, the ministry chose the mildest punishment for Vice President Cho Hyun-ah, and before that, media representatives lied about the circumstances of Park’s interview. The explosion of public indignation, coupled with new facts, led the Ministry of Transport to announce the launch of its own internal investigation. They are going to establish what was violated and whether there were attempts to put pressure on Park, as well as possible behind-the-scenes collusion between officials and Korean Air. Ordinary Koreans are now demanding justice and calling on the flight attendant, as well as the witnesses, not to give up in their fight for justice and the desire to bring the company's management “to the surface.” The verdict rendered by the Ministry of Transport regarding the scandal was ironically described as “It’s not Cho Hyun Ah and the company who are to blame, but it turns out that the salted nuts are to blame.”
All this undermined the trust of Koreans in the country's main air carrier to such an extent that a campaign was launched on the Internet demanding that the name of Korean Air be changed and that it be deprived of the right to display Korean state symbols on board. Money Today reported that the Ministry of Land and Transport is considering changing the name of the airline. Among the possible changes was the deprivation of the right to be called “Korean”, as well as a ban on the use of the state symbol on board. It was said that the company could begin to be called by the name of the holding company that controls it - “Hanjin Air”. The department quickly denied this information, saying that they cannot interfere so much in the affairs of a private company. However, many Korean Internet users supported the idea, believing that a company “that disgraced the country throughout the world can no longer be called “Korean.”
In any case, the “salted nuts scandal” continues to grow, revealing a number of unsightly facts in corporate practice and the system of relationships between managers and subordinates in South Korea. Suspicions also arose about the relevant departments, which, as the scandal shows, are too inclined to listen to the position large companies to the detriment of the position of ordinary citizens. Now a lot depends on the prosecutor’s office, which must render its verdict on the situation and evaluate from the point of view of the law the behavior of the now former vice president of Korean Air, Cho Hyun A. Yesterday she was interrogated for 12 hours at the prosecutor’s office. After the interrogation ended, she again apologized in the presence of numerous journalists, but in Korea they called it “crocodile tears,” believing that Cho was doing this insincerely, but only under the pressure of a storm of indignation caused by her egregious behavior.

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The incident, which was called the “salted nuts scandal” in the media, occurred on December 5, 2014 on board a South Korean company Korean Air airliner en route KE086 New York - Incheon. The plane, which began to depart from the terminal, unexpectedly returned to the “sleeve”, after which the senior flight attendant got off the plane. As it turned out, the initiator of such zigzags on the plane was the vice president of Korean Air, 40-year-old Cho Hyun Ah, who was also the eldest daughter of the chairman of the board of directors of the Hanjin holding, who was among the passengers. Cho, who was seated in the first class cabin, did not like the way she was treated by the flight attendant. A bag of salted nuts was placed in front of Cho, when in Cho's opinion they should have been placed on a plate. The vice-president, according to eyewitnesses, threw a scandal, started shouting, allegedly committed assault and eventually ordered the plane to be returned to the terminal and the senior flight attendant removed. As a result of the incident, the flight was delayed by 20 minutes, and the plane arrived at its destination 11 minutes late. Then, under pressure from public criticism, the head of the Hanjin holding, Cho Yang Ho, and Cho Hyun Ah herself apologized several times. Cho eventually resigned from her position at the company. Now the whole situation is being sorted out by the South Korean government and the prosecutor's office.

Air Koryo is one of the most private airlines in the world. Try buying a ticket from this company online and you will understand what I mean. Take a look at their representative office in Moscow on Mosfilmovskaya, and you will once again be convinced that I am right.

I had the opportunity to fly on Air Koryo, which is included in the EU blacklist of airlines every year, during a trip to North Korea, which I will talk about in the following posts. Since even flying on Air Koryo is an adventure, I will increase the number of photos to 10.

I flew to Pyongyang from Vladivostok. To date, this is one of three flights operated by the North Korean airline (the other two are to Beijing and Shenyang). The cost of a ticket for a flight lasting just over an hour was comparable to the cost of a St. Petersburg-Vladivostok flight purchased on a promotion. I did not see the ticket itself - neither there nor back - but I assume that it was electronic.
The flight there was carried out on a Tu-154B, built at the Samara Aviakor plant in May 1976. It seems that this is the oldest Tu-154 flying today (the Tu-154 made its first scheduled flight in 1972, the Tu-154B in 1975).
About two hours before check-in began, North Koreans began arriving at the airport; they could not be confused with anyone else - serious, fit, each with a badge with the image of Kim Il Sung. The amount of luggage was amazing - they had boxes, bales and even a cage with a dog.

At check-in, I asked for a seat at the back of the plane. I was given a seat on the 29th row, and theoretically there were 28 rows on the plane, but in fact there were about 15, since the seats in the rear of the plane were removed, only the last 28th row remained. not much, but the company representative who came on board ushered me to the front of the cabin, and they began to load luggage in the back, of which there was an enormous amount - there was only a narrow passage to the toilets.
We took off almost on schedule and were offered soda or local beer and Korea Today magazine during the flight. Since the time of the well-known song, little has changed in the magazine. While we were reading about the life of the Great Leader and filling out three pieces of paper for entry into the country (translated into Russian, but with a bunch of typos, one had to indicate all available means of communication, including mobile phones), the plane began to descend and landed in Pyongyang (Sunan Airport).

In Pyongyang, as we were moving towards the terminal, we were struck by the abundance of people in nondescript military uniforms along the perimeter of the airport. I saw something similar during the celebration of the 300th anniversary of St. Petersburg, but it was a long time ago and not true. Soon the terminal itself appeared - naturally, we were greeted by a portrait of the Sun-like leader.

Going down the ladder, I noticed the ladder adjacent to ours. I saw something like this in a previous life.

Already at the entrance to the terminal they checked our passports, took away one piece of paper and signed another.

Next is the queue for passport control, after passing which we meet the guides (there are two of them - a woman and a man in civilian clothes), who immediately took away from us Cell phones- they were put in a canvas bag, sealed and left for storage here at the airport. There was no particular point in hiding the phone and keeping it for yourself - it didn’t catch it and couldn’t catch it. The guides had cell phones.

Baggage claim is also an interesting sight. Despite the fact that the belt is automatic, the luggage is laid out on it by two pretty Korean women, they are directed by the boss standing next to him (the boss is not in the shot).

To better understand the atmosphere of the airport, look at the photos of the check-in counter for a domestic flight, as I understand it.

Korean Air is one of the top twenty leading airlines in the world in terms of passenger volume, has route network on international destinations to 130 cities in more than 45 countries; within the country the company operates flights to 20 destinations. The airline's main hubs are Seoul's two international airports - Incheon and Gimpo. Headquarters and main center management Korean Air is located in Gonghandong Administrative Unit of Gangseo-Gu District in Seoul, with major branches located at Jeju International Airport and Busan Gimhae International Airport.

Story

Korean Air was created in 1962 by the South Korean government as a replacement for Korean National Airlines, founded in 1948. March 1, 1969 Korean Air takes control of the Korean financial holding Hanjin Transport Group. On April 26, 1971, the airline made its first long-haul cargo flight to Los Angeles, and almost a year later, on April 19, 1972, its first long-haul passenger flight to the same city.

The airline operated international routes to Los Angeles, Hong Kong and Taiwan using Boeing 707 aircraft until 1973, when new Boeing 747s entered service to replace the 707s on Pacific and trans-Pacific routes. In 1973, the airline opened a European route with flights to Paris on Boeing 707 and Douglas DC-10 aircraft. With the arrival of the Airbus A300 in 1975 Korean Air became the first Asian airline to be a client of the European concern Airbus.

On March 1, 1984, the airline changed its official name from Korean Air Lines to current Korean Air and changed the livery of the aircraft: a livery was introduced with a stylized flag of the republic (“Taegykki”) against the background of a dominant blue color with silver and a significantly enlarged inscription of the new name of the airline. The livery was designed Korean Air in collaboration with the Boeing Corporation and first appeared on the Fokker F28 aircraft. In 1990, the airline was one of the first in the world to receive new McDonnell Douglas MD-11 aircraft, however, after a short period of service on passenger lines, the MD-11s were converted to a cargo configuration in addition to the Boeing 747 cargo fleet already in use.

Route network

Main article: Korean Air route network

In addition to regular flights Korean Air also performs charter flights to Kuwait and Irkutsk (in the summer season).

Airline fleet

Passenger ships

As of June 2011, the airline's passenger fleet consists of the following aircraft:

* “Prestige class” (business class) is provided on short routes within the country. First Class and Prestige Class service is available on most international flights.

Cargo ships

As of December 2008, the airline's cargo fleet consists of the following aircraft:

Average age air park Korean Air as of March 2008 it was 8.8 years.

On December 29, 2006, the airline announced its intentions to technically convert all passenger Boeing 747-400 aircraft into a cargo version. Subdivision Korean Air Cargo for two years in a row (2004-2005) it took first place in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) ranking among the world's largest cargo air carriers in terms of tons transported per kilometer (FTK index) on international routes. In 2005, the FTK index international lines Korean Air amounted to 7.982 billion tons per kilometer.

On February 3, 2009, the airline made an additional order of two Airbus A380 aircraft, bringing total 380s ordered to ten units. Delivery of these two aircraft is expected in May-June 2014.

Decommissioned

Aircraft salons

In 2005 Korean Air spent more than a billion US dollars on the development and implementation of new services and amenities for passengers, in particular, new sleeper seats for First and Business Class passengers with a personal in-flight entertainment system. All Boeing 777-200ER cabins and some Boeing 747-400 cabins are equipped with these innovations, and all new aircraft enter service with ready-made solutions. As of June 27, 2007, advanced cabins are present on aircraft operating non-stop flights from/to Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Seattle, San Francisco, Atlanta, Chicago, New York, Washington (DC), Tokyo, Osaka , Nagoya, Guam, Beijing, Shanghai, Paris, Frankfurt, London and Manila.

First Class: Kosmo Sleeper Seat

Korean Air offers first class passengers comfortable seats Kosmo Sleeper Seat , folding out at an angle of 180 degrees, that is, in a completely horizontal state. The seat is 76.2 centimeters wide, equipped with a built-in lumbar massager, a personal in-flight entertainment system, an AVOD (video and audio on demand) system, individual lighting lamps and a small additional seat.

Business Class: Prestige Plus Seat

In business class cabins of aircraft Korean Air passenger seats are installed Prestige Plus Seat manufactured by BE Aerospace. The chairs recline at an angle of 170 degrees and are equipped with lumbar spine massage devices, an AVOD media system and individual lighting lamps.

Economy class

The airline's new Economy Class cabins feature a beautiful, clean line design, with each passenger seat equipped with an adjustable headrest and footrest and an 8.4-inch personal screen for AVOD in-flight entertainment.

Service

Entertainment system

All salons supplied since the end of 2005 aircraft Korean Air are equipped with personal touchscreen liquid crystal displays of the AVOD entertainment system, the complex itself is called SKY and is manufactured by Thales Avionics. In-flight offers a selection of 40 newly released films, 60 short television programs, nearly 4,000 music recordings on 300 CDs and ten of the latest games. The selection of programs and films consists of Korean pop culture productions and new Korean films produced by the country's major studios and networks.

Broadcast programs and films are available in many languages ​​to all passengers on board; the SKY system also has one important option (“My Music”) - passengers can independently set up an individual playlist of music compositions to listen to throughout the flight . Korean Air plans to further increase the volume of in-flight entertainment services provided with the introduction of the new Airbus A380 into operation.

Interior

The airline has introduced a new color scheme for the cabins of its aircraft. The color of sea green (characteristic of Korean symbols) is dominant in the passenger cabins of first and business classes; in economy class, the colors of dark chocolate and coffee with milk are added. The airline's engineers and designers regularly study public opinion and introduce additional innovations, in particular in given time The colors of aquamarine, ocher and various shades of blue are added to the color scheme of the interiors of new ordered airliners.

Nutrition

In flight on airplanes Korean Air Passengers are offered a wide selection of dishes, mainly Asian cuisine. The airline's signature dish, which won first place in the 1997 Mercury Award, is bibimbap - a mixed vegetable dish with steamed rice, Korean red pepper gochujang sauce and sesame oil. Bibimbap is prepared in several versions, including with the addition of beef and salmon meat.

The in-flight menu includes spicy Korean noodles (bibimmyeon), currently offered as a second course on non-stop long-haul flights, and was also awarded first place in the 2006 Mercury Award.

In addition to bibimbap and bibimmyeon, the menu of the first, business, premium and prestige classes of the airline includes dishes of traditional Korean cuisine - bulgogi, Korean porridge (chuk) and, of course, galbi - pork or beef ribs prepared according to proprietary recipes. The airline has a separate vegetarian menu, and on flights to Japan, Japanese serving and a selection of light kaiseki-style dishes are additionally provided.

SKYPASS

Korean Air has its own frequent flyer program SKYPASS , whose current motto is “Beyond your Imagination.” Since Korean Air is a member of the SkyTeam alliance, members Skypass can earn miles on flights of member airlines of this alliance, including Aeroflot. In addition, members have the opportunity to earn miles on Alaska Airlines, Emirates and Vietnam Airlines, but credits from the latter three airlines do not affect the member's tier.

SKYPASS has its own specifics in the organization of elite levels. First elite level SKYPASS called Morning Calm Club and is achieved by earning 50,000 miles, of which at least 30,000 must be earned on Korean Air flights. Another option to reach this level requires racking up 40 or more flight segments on Korean Air flights, with domestic flights counting as half of the segment.

The period of stay at this level is two years, during which, to maintain membership in the Morning Fresh Club, you must accumulate 30,000 miles on flights, of which at least 20,000 must be earned on Korean Air flights, or credited to the account of 20 segments, of which 15 must be for Korean Air flights. If the participant SKYPASS does not fulfill these conditions, it will return to the base level. However, to return to the Morning Calm Club level, he only needs to accumulate the specified number of miles or segments.

The following levels are assigned for life. Morning Calm Premium Club is available to those who have accumulated 500,000 miles on Korean Air or other Skyteam airlines. When a program participant earns one million miles on flights, he or she becomes a member of the Million Miler Club.

Elite Level Privileges SKYPASS relate only to the level of service and additional opportunities for flights, but do not provide for any additional accrual of miles. As with the Flying Blue program, the opportunity to receive award tickets First class also refers to the privileges of the elite levels.

• If an elite member flies in business class, he gets access to the first class lounge (available at Seoul/Incheon, Osaka, Los Angeles, New York airports).

Partnership agreements

As of July 2007 Korean Air had codeshare agreements with the following airlines:

Korean Air is also a partner of Emirates airline within its bonus program Skywards Frequent Flyer Rewards. Skywards members can earn bonus miles when flying with them Korean Air, and passengers who are members of the SKYPASS program - respectively, when flying on Emirates Airline aircraft.

Aerospace research and industry

Korean Air contains its own division Korean Air Aerospace Division (KAL-ASD) , which is engaged in research and development and is involved in the aerospace industry. KAL-ASD, in particular, produces under license MD 500, UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters and F-5E/F Tiger II fighters, assembles aft fuselage parts and wings for the KF-16 produced by the Korean aerospace industry, and also manufactures parts for various commercial aircraft, including the Boeing 737, Boeing 747, Boeing 777, Airbus A330 and Airbus A380.

KAL-ASD provides technical support for United States Department of Defense aircraft in the Asian region and conducts research and development work in the field of system modeling and design of launch vehicles, satellites, commercial and military aircraft and helicopters.

Incidents and accidents

Main article: Korean Air - aircraft accidents

Korean Air has a fairly high indicator in airline accident statistics. As of December 2008, the airline ranked 71st in a list of 88 air carriers in the world based on flight safety criteria over the past twenty years. Since 1970 Korean Air lost 16 aircraft in aviation incidents, which killed more than 700 people. The biggest disaster there was a border incident on September 1, 1983, in Soviet airspace, which killed 246 passengers and 23 crew members. On August 6, 1997, a disaster on the island of Guam killed 228 of the 254 people on board.

Notes

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Korean Air is the leader air transport in your state. It is not only the largest carrier in modern South Korea, but also the only national airline in its country. In addition, Korea Air is one of the four founders of the global air alliance SkyTeam.

The airline is based at the main airports of the capital Seoul - Gimpo and Incheon. The headquarters is located in the administrative district of Kangosu. By now, the giant of Korean aviation has earned an impressive history, a brilliant reputation, a solid fleet and route network, and the priceless love of millions of customers. In addition, in terms of passenger traffic volumes, Corein Air is today among the honorable 20 best air carriers in the world.

This Asian carrier was given life in 1962 by the South Korean government as a planned replacement for the already “tired” carrier Korean National Airlines. After 7 years, the newly created air enterprise came under the safe “wing” of the powerful financial holding company “Hanjin Transport Group”. The generous impact of the coveted investment has not gone unnoticed. The airline has noticeably “beautified”: it has increased its fleet and staff, and expanded its flight map. So, in 1971, a Korean Air plane made its first long-haul cargo flight on the Seoul - Los Angeles route, and exactly a year later an airliner with passengers was already flying in the same direction.

As for the aircraft fleet, at first the top managers of Korea Air relied mainly on aircraft from the Boeing manufacturer, regularly replacing old models with the latest market innovations. At the same time, Douglas aircraft (mainly the DC-10 model) were purchased for close flights. The Asian carrier paid attention to Airbuses a little later: around the mid-70s, Korean Air became the first carrier on its continent to sign up as a regular customer of this French aviation concern. In addition, the company's fleet included the McDonnell Douglas and MD-11 and Fokker F28 liners.

According to all the laws of life, after the white streak in the history of Korea Air, a streak of failures began. But it did not last long and was associated with the general economic decline of the South Korean economy in 1998-2000. During this period, the work of the national carrier was noticeably reduced, and all its attempts to return to its previous track were less than successful. But fate was merciful to Korean Air - and in the mid-2000s, it again showed it its long-awaited smile. During these years, the Asian carrier entered the stream of success, joyful changes and active development in a new way. New routes appeared in its schedule, and modern airliners appeared in its hangars. The company moved its main hub to international Airport Incheon (Seoul) and bought a quarter of the shares of the Chinese air company Okay Airways.

In 2007, Korean Air received the prestigious World Airline Awards as the best economy class air carrier in the world. In the same year, the company allowed itself to create its own “aviation child” - the low-cost airline “Jin Air”, which, unlike its “parent” company, offers passengers low-fare transportation and a less stringent security check procedure at airports.

Korea Air is part of the largest global alliance of world aviation, Skyteam, where its partners are the best air carriers on the planet: Delta, AlItalia, KLM, Czech Airlines, Air France, Continental Airlines, AeroMexico, etc. Thanks to this cooperation, Korean Air passengers can take advantage of all the privileges of the special Skyteam flight card, which covers 500 destinations in more than 100 countries.

Aircraft fleet

The company has a huge fleet of 149 aircraft, 121 of which are for passenger flights and the remaining 28 for cargo transport. About 70 percent of this fleet consists of Boeing brand airliners. Passengers fly on the 747-400, 777-200ER and 777-300ER, 777-300, 737-800, etc., and cargo services are served by the 747-400F, 747-8F and 777F.

About a quarter of the Korean Air fleet consists of Airbus aircraft (models A300-300, A330-300 and A 380-800.
All Korean Air aircraft are in excellent technical condition, and their approximate average service life does not exceed seven years.

Flights

This carrier fruitfully works on two route “fronts”. Within the country it serves about 20 destinations, and on international map flies to approximately 130 destinations in 50 countries on different continents. It is worth noting that today Korea Air flies non-stop to many US transport hubs, connecting its hubs with at least 13 major airports in the United States.

Asia:
South Korea: Jinju, Seoul, Daegu, Heiju, Ulsan, Wonju, Pohang, Ios, Gunsan, Gwangju, Jeonju, Incheon, Jeju, Busan.
Philippines: Cebu, Manila.
India: Mumbai.
Vietnam: Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City.
China: Yantai, Beijing, Hong Kong, Qingdao, Xi'an, Shenyang, Urumqi, Kunming, Weihai,
Changsha, Yanzi, Guangzhou, Wuhan, Mudanjiang, Shanghai, Dalian, Zhengzhou, Xiamen, Jinan, Tianjin, Shenzhen.
Singapore: Singapore.
Indonesia: o. Bali, Jakarta.
Japan: Osaka, Akita, Sapporo, Fukuoka, Aomori, Tokyo, Kagoshima, Okayama, Nagoya, Oita, Komatsu, Nagasaki, Hakodate, Niigata, Shizuoka.
Cambodia: Siem Reap, Phnom Penh.
Nepal: Kathmandu.
Fiji: Nadi.
Thailand: Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Phuket.
Malaysia: Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur.
Taiwan: Taipei.
Mongolia: Ulaanbaatar.
Uzbekistan: Tashkent.

Australia: Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne.
New Zealand: Auckland.

Near East:
UAE: Dubai.
Israel: Tel Aviv.
Saudi Arabia: Jeddah, Riad.
Türkiye: Istanbul..

Europe:
Russia: Moscow, Vladivostok, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk.
Italy: Milan, Rome.
Great Britain, London.
Austria Vienna.
Switzerland: Zuoich.
Netherlands: Amsterdam.
Czech Republic, Prague.
Germany: Munich, Frankfurt am Main.
Spain Madrid.
France Paris.

North America:
Canada: Vancouver, Toronto.
USA: Seattle, Washington, Chicago, Atlanta, New York, Honolulu (Hawaii), Los Angeles, Dallas, Las Vegas, Guam, San Francisco.

South America:
Brazil: Sao Paulo.

Africa:
Kenya: Nairobi.
Egypt: Cairo.

Conditions for regular customers

“Beyond your imagination” is the promising slogan for Korea Air's SKYPASS rewards program. Since this Asian carrier is part of the SkyTeam organization, passengers participating in this bonus program can earn reward points on flights of air carriers that are members of this global alliance (including, by the way, our Aeroflot).

Note that the SKYPASS program has some specific features in achieving elite levels. Thus, the initial Morning Calm Club premium level is assigned only to those passengers who have accumulated at least 50 thousand miles, of which 30 thousand miles or more were earned on Korea Air flights. This piggy bank of miles must be earned in just 2 years, otherwise the member will return to A basic level of programs.

After the initial one, all subsequent levels are assigned for life. The privileges of the elite tiers of this program are directly reflected in the level of service and additional features when flying.

Additional services and facilities

The management of Korean Air approaches this issue with particular scrupulousness. Proof of this is the fact that in 2005 this carrier spent a billion US dollars to develop and introduce new amenities and services for passengers. So, first class on all airliners was equipped with seats increased comfort“Kosmo Sleeper Seat”, which fold out into an almost ideal bed about 70 cm wide. Thus, each passenger gets his own comfortable and quite spacious individual space.

Business class was not offended either. No less comfortable Prestige Plus Seat chairs were installed here, which were also specially designed by the design bureau for Korean Air. These seats recline 180 degrees, and the distance between them in the cabin is about 2 meters.

Economy class passengers were treated to a stylish interior in aquamarine shades and personal LCD touch screens mounted in each seat. By the way, they were installed back in 2005. During the flight, you are offered a choice of about 40 fresh video films, 60 laconic TV programs and 4 thousand musical compositions.

Another important point- nutrition. On board Korean Airlines there is a veritable abundance of food, predominantly Asian or national cuisines. And the carrier's signature dish is bibimbap - a stew of vegetables and steamed rice with spicy Korean gochujang salsa with sesame oil and red pepper. It was this dish that received first place in 1997 at the international Mercury Award competition. Bibimbap is included in the menu of premium service classes only.

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