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As of 2024, it is one of the 10 airlines ranked 5-star airline by Skytrax, [6] and the top 20 airlines in the world in terms of passengers carried and is also one of the top-ranked international cargo airlines. Korean Air's international passenger division and related subsidiary cargo division together serve 126 cities in 44 countries.
On September 11, 2001, Korean Air Flight 085 (originating from Incheon International Airport in Seoul, South Korea) was en-route to Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, when information about the September 11 attacks was relayed to the crew. The pilot in command's ACARS message reply included the letters "HJK", a prompt ...
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 747-2B5F, MSN 22480, registered as HL7451, which was manufactured in 1980. In its 19 years of service, it had logged approximately 15,451 flights and 83,011 airframe hours before its fatal flight.
The aircraft involved when still in service with Condor (1976). HL7442 at Honolulu International Airport in September 1981, 2 years before the crash. The aircraft flying as Korean Air Lines Flight 007 was a Boeing 747-230B jet airliner with Boeing serial number 20559. The aircraft was powered by four Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7A engines.
Korean Air's deadliest incident was Flight 007 which was shot down by the Soviet Union on September 1, 1983. All 269 people on board were killed, including a sitting U.S. Congressman, Larry McDonald. The last fatal passenger accident was the Korean Air Flight 801 crash in 1997, which killed 229 people.
SkyTeam Cargo is the cargo division of SkyTeam. As of April 2024, the cargo alliance comprised nine members from the passenger alliance: Aeroméxico Cargo, Air France-KLM Cargo (include Air France Cargo and KLM Cargo), China Cargo Airlines, Czech Airlines Cargo, Delta Cargo, ITA Airways Cargo, Korean Air Cargo and Saudia Cargo. [144]
List of Korean Air destinations. Korean Air flies to 10 domestic destinations and almost 150 international destinations in 50 countries on five continents (except seasonal charter), including destinations for cargo services. [ 1][ 2] Since the COVID-19 pandemic declared in January 2020, Korean Air has suspended most domestic and international ...
25. Korean Air Flight 801 (KE801, KAL801) was a scheduled international passenger flight operated by Korean Air, from Gimpo International Airport, Seoul to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, Guam. On August 6, 1997, the Boeing 747-300 operating the flight crashed on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill, in Asan-Maina, Guam, while on approach ...