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Energy SK Energy, Korea’s first refiner to export sustainable aviation fuel to Europe

SK Energy Co., South Korea’s largest oil refiner, said on Sunday it has shipped its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Europe, ...

Construction & Planning Samsung E&A enters SAF EPC market with $955 mn Malaysian bioplant deal

Samsung E&A Co., the construction and engineering unit of South Korea’s top conglomerate Samsung Group, said on Wednesday it has clinched ...

Petrochemicals HD Hyundai Oilbank to export SAF to Japan

HD Hyundai Oilbank Co., South Korea’s refiner backed by Saudi Aramco, said on Sunday that it will export sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to Ja...

Carbon neutrality Modetour, Air France-KLM strengthen SAF partnership

South Korea's travel agency Modetour Network Inc. announced on Thursday that it has extended its partnership with Air France-KLM to promote the use ...

Airlines S.Korea, Indonesia agree to free up flight routes

South Korea and Indonesia have agreed to allow unrestricted flight operations between their regional airports. This announcement, made by Seoul's Mi...

Airlines Korean Air, Japan’s Yusen to co-work for SAF

Korean Air Lines Co. has recently partnered with Japan-based global logistics company Yusen Logistics for a cargo sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) ...

Airlines Korean LCCs baffled as Korea-Indonesia aviation talks stall

South Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) may have to shelve plans to launch service to Indonesia after the two countries failed to reach an agre...

Airlines Korean Air, LX Pantos sign SAF business agreement

Korean Air Lines Co. signed on Monday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) business with LX Pantos Co. This MOU i...

Airlines Asiana’s cargo unit sale faces tough hurdles before KAL merger

The proposed merger of Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) and Asiana Airlines Inc. has moved one step closer to completion with Asiana’s backing of it...

Aerospace & Defense SK Telecom to commercialize UAM with American partner

South Korea's SK Telecom Co. will launch domestic commercial operations in urban air mobility (UAM) with Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-b...

Aerospace & Defense Doosan Enerbility to produce aviation gas turbine with ADD

South Korea’s power plant builder Doosan Enerbility Co. announced on Monday that it signed a contract with the Agency for Defense Development ...

Mergers & Acquisitions Hanwha Group gears up for foray into aviation industry

South Korea’s chemicals-to-defense conglomerate Hanwha Group is preparing a bid for domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) Fly Gangwon under court pr...

Future mobility SK Telecom invests $100 mn in American UAM developer

South Korea's SK Telecom.Co has invested $100 million (131.6 billion won) in Joby Aviation, a Santa Cruz, California-based developer of urban air ...

Business & Politics Airplane hangar built in Heart of S.America by KOICA

The South Korean government's support for Paraguay, dubbed the "Heart of South America," to become an aviation maintenance hub is gaining momentum.K...

Airlines US antitrust body blocks $1.4 bn Korean Air-Asiana deal

Korean Air Lines Co. ’s acquisition of smaller domestic rival Asiana Airlines Inc. is poised to collapse after the US antitrust agency raised ...

Aerospace & Defense Hyundai E&C, KAI to develop export-type package for defense industry

South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction (E&C) and Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI) will jointly develop an export package for ...

Insurance DB Insurance acquires Vietnam's 10th largest insurer VNI

DB Insurance has acquired Vietnam National Aviation Insurance (VNI), Vietnam's 10th-largest property and casualty(P&C) insurance company. With a...

Aerospace & Defense Hanwha kickstarts localization of 1,000-hp gas turbine engine components

A project to lengthen the lifecycle of 1,000-horsepower gas turbine engine core components and materials, which is led by Hanwha Aerospace Co. locat...

Airlines Asiana to introduce sustainable aviation fuel in partnership with Shell

Asiana Airlines Inc. has joined hands with multinational energy company Shell plc to introduce sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), an eco-friendly fuel...

Airlines Korean Air resumes regular staff recruitment for 1st time in 3 years

Korean Air Lines Co. for the first time in three years has resumed regular staff recruitment that was suspended by the COVID-19 pandemic.Airline ind...

Carbon neutrality Hyundai Oilbank steps up eco-friendly white bio business

Hyundai Oilbank Co., a South Korean petroleum and refinery company, is slated to tap into the white biotechnology market. The company has selected w...

Airlines Korean Air to retire all A380 jets over 5 years; B787 likely replacements

Korean Air Lines Co. (KAL) will retire its superjumbo fleet of 10 A380 passenger jets over the next five years, a move the South Korean flag carrier...

Crianza Aviation leads $600 mn aircraft finance for Etihad Airways

Crianza Aviation, a South Korean aircraft leasing firm, has completed a financing estimated at $600 million to buy three Boeing 787-9s for Etihad Airw...

Castlelake’s aviation fund may draw $200 mn from Korean investors: report

The Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA), the Korea Scientists and Engineers Mutual-aid Association and other South Korean institutional invest...

South Korea’s Public Officials Benefit Association (POBA) has decided to invest $42 million in mezzanine debt of two aircraft funds which will buy use...