Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd., operating as Korean Air, is the flag carrier of South Korea and its largest airline based on fleet size, international destinations, and international flights. It is owned by the Hanjin Group.
A Korean National Airlines Douglas DC-4 at Oakland in 1953
Wreckage of the fatal Korean Air Flight 801 in 1997
Korean Air Lines Boeing 747SP at EuroAirport Basel Mulhouse Freiburg in 1985
Korean Air takes delivery of its first Airbus A380 at Toulouse–Blagnac Airport, France, May 25, 2011.
The Hanjin Group is a South Korean chaebol. The group has various industries covered from transportation and airlines to hotels, tourism, and airport businesses, and one of the largest chaebols in Korea. The group includes Korean Air (KAL), which was acquired by the founder Cho Choong-hoon in 1969, and was the owner of Hanjin Shipping before its bankruptcy. In 2013, Hanjin Group officially switched from cross ownership to a holding company structure with the establishment of Hanjin KAL Corporation. The group is controlled by descendants of Cho Choong-hoon, and many construction chaebols are the major shareholders of Hanjin KAL.
Hanjin headquarters
Korean Air/Hanjin Office in Minato, Tokyo, Japan as seen from the Tokyo Tower
A Korean Air Boeing 777-200ER landing at Vancouver International Airport
