South Korean airlines

Asiana Airlines

OZ / AAR

South Korea’s second big network airline from Seoul: Star Alliance member since 2003, A380 and A350 on long-haul – and since December 2024 a subsidiary of Korean Air that is gradually merging into the new group.

Korean Air

KE / KAL

South Korea’s flag carrier from Seoul: SkyTeam founding member, one of the last operators of the A380 and Boeing 747-8I, a large cargo division – and, since the Asiana takeover, being rebuilt into the country’s only major network airline.

Air Busan

BX / ABL

The low-cost airline from South Korea’s second-largest city: founded in 2007 as an Asiana subsidiary, today flying the A320 family from Busan-Gimhae and heading for a merger with Jin Air.

Air Premia

YP / APZ

South Korea’s hybrid airline flies only Boeing 787-9s from Seoul Incheon – with a large premium economy instead of business class, to Asia and North America. In 2023 it even visited Frankfurt for half a year.

Jeju Air

7C / JJA

South Korea’s largest low-cost carrier: founded in 2005 on Jeju Island, now flying an all-Boeing 737 fleet between Korea, Japan, China and Southeast Asia.

Jin Air

LJ / JNA

Korean Air’s low-cost subsidiary: Boeing 737s on Asian routes, oddly joined by a handful of big 777-200ERs – and the core of the new combined budget airline with Air Busan and Air Seoul.

t’way Air (Trinity Airways)

TW / TWB

South Korea’s low-cost airline with long-haul ambitions: 737s for Asia, A330s and 777-300ERs for Europe and Australia – and flying under the new name Trinity Airways since September 2026.

AirZeta (Air Incheon)

KJ / AIH

The small cargo airline Air Incheon became AirZeta in 2025: with Asiana Airlines’ acquired cargo division, Boeing 747 freighters now fly under the South Korean flag, including to Frankfurt.