20 years ago – in April 2004 – a Korean Air Cargo freighter landed in the Austrian capital for the first time. This marked the beginning of a partnership in the cargo and passenger sector that continues to this day and is also being expanded. This anniversary was celebrated yesterday evening, June 11, 2024, at an Austro-Korean gala evening at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna with Jaedong Eum, Head of Cargo Business Division at Korean Air Cargo, Myung Kyu Park, MVP Cargo Sales Department at … [Read more...] about Anniversary for Vienna Airport and Korean Air Cargo: 20 years of cargo service connecting Seoul and Vienna
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Korean Air flies ‘preighter’ to Miami on longest nonstop flight
Korean Air flew its longest non-stop flight since its establishment in 1969 using a passenger plane converted to a freighter. Its cargo flight KE8047, which left Incheon Airport (ICN) on June 12 at 9:14 pm, arrived at Miami Airport (MIA) after flying 13,405 km for a duration of 14 hours and 42 minutes. Korean Air's converted Boeing 777-300ER freighter was used on the direct flight from Incheon to Miami to transport 25 tonnes of Covid-19 diagnostic kits to the Dominican Republic. It … [Read more...] about Korean Air flies ‘preighter’ to Miami on longest nonstop flight
Korean Air goes green with SkyCell hybrid containers
Korean Air’s cargo division has signed up to use SkyCell’s hybrid containers as the airline looks to deliver life-saving pharmaceuticals and vaccines worldwide in a sustainable way. The partnership follows SkyCell’s recent launch of a service centre in Seoul and the appointment of Charlie Cho as business development director for Korea on 1 January. “We were attracted to the fact that SkyCell has recently opened a new station in Seoul, and that its sustainable and self-recharging hybrid … [Read more...] about Korean Air goes green with SkyCell hybrid containers
Korean Air Cargo enhances cold chain with Pelican BioThermal deal
Korean Air Cargo has partnered with Pelican BioThermal, which will allow the airline’s customers to use the latter’s temperature-controlled shipping containers and packaging solutions on demand, as airlines begin transporting vaccines worldwide. With the new deal, Korean Air Cargo’s customers can get ‘rapid’ access to Pelican BioThermal’s deep frozen and frozen applications, including dry ice and phase change material (PCM) coolants, as well as cold chain shipping rental solutions through its … [Read more...] about Korean Air Cargo enhances cold chain with Pelican BioThermal deal
Korean Air Cargo heads to Tehran with Uzbekistan Air
Korean Air Cargo and Uzbekistan Airways have reached an agreement on moving cargo from Korean's network to Tehran via Uzbekistan Air’s Navoi hub by tapping the Tashkent-based airline’s twice weekly 767-300F service to the Iranian capital. The deal extends a partnership already in place between the two carriers to feed cargo into Frankfurt from the Navoi hub. The move comes after Tehran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) reached a deal on 14 July 2015, … [Read more...] about Korean Air Cargo heads to Tehran with Uzbekistan Air
Korean Air Cargo remains No.1 cargo carrier
New International Air Transport Association (IATA) statistics have shown that Korean Air maintained and improved top traffic records in 2009 despite the global economic slowdown that depressed the air cargo market. According to World Air Transport Statistics compiled by IATA, Korean Air topped the global rankings for commercial airline cargo operations for the sixth consecutive year securing first place. During 2009, Korean Air recorded 8.225 billion FTK (Freight Tonne-Kilometres), topping the … [Read more...] about Korean Air Cargo remains No.1 cargo carrier
