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Has Korean Air Since 2007, we have been Under the social contribution
conducted any planting trees in the Korean Air project Caring Mind Plan that
CSR program in Green Ecological Park in the was launched in 2008, the Dream
China? Would you middle of the Kubuqi Desert in Library project has been donating
like to elaborate? China in cooperation with the equipment and helping to build
Future of Forest of Korea and libraries in underdeveloped
the All-China Youth Federation. provinces in China since 2010. To
Every year, Korean Air employees date, Korean Air has donated PCs,
and college students from China library and sports equipment, and
plant trees in the park with the books. Korean Air has donated to
aim of preventing yellow dust nine libraries in China, including
and promoting the cooperative Xi'an, Huangshan, Kunming,
partnership between South Korea Shenyang, Changsha, Guiyang,
and China. As a result of these Jiamusi and Lijiang. We received
activities, the planted area will be the award for excellent CSR
521ha with 1.5 million planted trees strategy from the South Korean
by the end of 2018. Embassy in China in 2017 in
recognition of our work.
I remember the time when our Being a business
flight was delayed due to bad executive of airlines
weather two years ago, right after industry for years,
I started as the branch manager
of Guangzhou. what is your
most memorable
The flight was delayed for
two hours, and unfortunately it experience?
affected the flight crews’ working
hours. So, the flight had to depart
a day later than scheduled.
All the employees from our Thankfully, earlier 2018 Guangzhou
branch worked tirelessly to help Baiyun International Airport
the affected passengers find nearby Terminal 2 opened, improving the
hotels. I remember feeling relieved capacity and infrastructure facilities
after all of our passengers went of Guangzhou Airport.■
safely to the hotel.
Korean Air Overview
Korean Air, established in 1969, is one of the world's top 20 airlines carrying more than 26 million passengers in 2017. The airline
operates over 460 flights per day to 124 cities in 44 countries on six continents; it has a modern fleet of 174 aircraft and employs over
20,000 professional employees. Korean Air’s core business includes passenger, cargo, aerospace, catering and in-flight sales. The
airline's main hub is at the newly-opened Incheon (ICN) International Airport Terminal 2.
Korean Air is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. SkyTeam’s 19 members annually welcome 730 million passengers
worldwide on more than 17,000 daily flights and covers 1,080 destinations in 170 countries. The airline recently launched a joint venture
partnership with Delta Air Lines in the trans-Pacific market. In 2019 Korean Air will celebrate its 50th anniversary. With a vision to be a
respected leader in the world airline community, Korean Air is dedicated to providing excellence in flight.
More on Korean Air's programs, routes, frequencies and partners is available at koreanair.com, facebook.com/KoreanAir,
Google.com/+KoreanAir_KE, and Twitter@KoreanAir_KE.
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Has Korean Air Since 2007, we have been Under the social contribution
conducted any planting trees in the Korean Air project Caring Mind Plan that
CSR program in Green Ecological Park in the was launched in 2008, the Dream
China? Would you middle of the Kubuqi Desert in Library project has been donating
like to elaborate? China in cooperation with the equipment and helping to build
Future of Forest of Korea and libraries in underdeveloped
the All-China Youth Federation. provinces in China since 2010. To
Every year, Korean Air employees date, Korean Air has donated PCs,
and college students from China library and sports equipment, and
plant trees in the park with the books. Korean Air has donated to
aim of preventing yellow dust nine libraries in China, including
and promoting the cooperative Xi'an, Huangshan, Kunming,
partnership between South Korea Shenyang, Changsha, Guiyang,
and China. As a result of these Jiamusi and Lijiang. We received
activities, the planted area will be the award for excellent CSR
521ha with 1.5 million planted trees strategy from the South Korean
by the end of 2018. Embassy in China in 2017 in
recognition of our work.
I remember the time when our Being a business
flight was delayed due to bad executive of airlines
weather two years ago, right after industry for years,
I started as the branch manager
of Guangzhou. what is your
most memorable
The flight was delayed for
two hours, and unfortunately it experience?
affected the flight crews’ working
hours. So, the flight had to depart
a day later than scheduled.
All the employees from our Thankfully, earlier 2018 Guangzhou
branch worked tirelessly to help Baiyun International Airport
the affected passengers find nearby Terminal 2 opened, improving the
hotels. I remember feeling relieved capacity and infrastructure facilities
after all of our passengers went of Guangzhou Airport.■
safely to the hotel.
Korean Air Overview
Korean Air, established in 1969, is one of the world's top 20 airlines carrying more than 26 million passengers in 2017. The airline
operates over 460 flights per day to 124 cities in 44 countries on six continents; it has a modern fleet of 174 aircraft and employs over
20,000 professional employees. Korean Air’s core business includes passenger, cargo, aerospace, catering and in-flight sales. The
airline's main hub is at the newly-opened Incheon (ICN) International Airport Terminal 2.
Korean Air is a founding member of the SkyTeam airline alliance. SkyTeam’s 19 members annually welcome 730 million passengers
worldwide on more than 17,000 daily flights and covers 1,080 destinations in 170 countries. The airline recently launched a joint venture
partnership with Delta Air Lines in the trans-Pacific market. In 2019 Korean Air will celebrate its 50th anniversary. With a vision to be a
respected leader in the world airline community, Korean Air is dedicated to providing excellence in flight.
More on Korean Air's programs, routes, frequencies and partners is available at koreanair.com, facebook.com/KoreanAir,
Google.com/+KoreanAir_KE, and Twitter@KoreanAir_KE.
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