December 2015 DID YOU KNOW? Korean Air is America’s largest Transpacific airline. Korean Air flies from more cities in the Americas to more cities in Asia than any other carrier! THE DEAL IS DONE, AND IT’S A GREAT DEAL FOR OUR CUSTOMERS! Korean Air’s legroom is one Korean Air and Delta have launched an historic joint venture partnership that’s of the industry’s roomiest. received approvals by all regulatory authorities in the U.S. and Korea, and will The 45-minute international offer world-class travel benefits across one of the most comprehensive route connections at Incheon, networks in the trans-Pacific market. Korean Air’s hub, are the fastest in the world! “This expanded partnership means a host of new destinations and travel options across Asia and North America, with seamless connectivity, world-class reliability Americas Gateways and the industry’s best customer service,” says Korean Air’s Managing Vice President, John Jackson. Anchorage Atlanta Campinas, Brazil The expansive combined network formed by this partnership gives Korean Air and Chicago Delta’s shared customers access to more than 290 destinations in the Americas Dallas and more than 80 in Asia. Guadalajara, Mexico Honolulu Beginning soon, the airlines will: Las Vegas Implement full codesharing on each other’s networks and work together to Lima, Peru provide the best travel experience for customers between the U.S. and Asia. Los Angeles Miami Offer improved loyalty program benefits, including providing customers of New York both airlines the ability to earn more miles on Korean Air’s SKYPASS program San Francisco and Delta’s SkyMiles program. Santiago, Chile Implement joint sales and marketing initiatives. Seattle Toronto, Ontario Earlier this year, Korean Air and Delta co-located into the new Terminal 2 at Vancouver, B.C. Washington, D.C. Seoul’s Incheon International Airport (ICN), substantially reducing connecting times for travelers. One of the world’s largest airports, ICN has among the fastest connection times in the region with some connections as short as 45 minutes. WHEAT IS NEAT! Korean Air recently distributed dwarf wheat growing kits to customers and children in downtown Seoul. And on Korea’s National Arbor Day (April 5) the airline distributed the do-it-yourself kits to domestic passengers at its 12 airport check-in counters. The dwarf wheat in the kit is a species native to Korea and is shorter than ordinary wheat. Native Korean wheat is very fine and doesn’t con- tain as much gluten as other wheat. Since 1998, Korean Air has celebrated Arbor Day by sharing a wide variety of plants in easy-to- grow kits with its customers and the public. KOREAN AIR CONTINUES TO SUPPORT SPORTS & YOUNG ATHLETES Korean Air announced it is sponsoring South Korean figure skater, Cha Jun-hwan (pictured above with Korean Air President Walter Cho.) Cha is a figure skater with tremendous potential. His latest achievements include a superb performance at the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games, scoring higher than any male About Korean Air Korean figure skater ever. Korean Air is sponsoring Cha because of his potential Korean Air, with a fleet of 169 for future Olympic Games, as well as his status as an icon for the Korean people. aircraft, is one of the world's Korean Air started its prestigious Excellence Program in 2006 to sponsor young top 20 airlines and operates stars in culture, sports and other areas, and whose achievements draw global recognition and respect for the country. about 100 flights per week between the Americas and Asia. The airline serves 123 A survey of the best airlines in the world cities in 43 countries. It is a compiled by TripAdvisor has placed Korean Air in founder of SkyTeam, the air- line alliance among Aeroflot, the top 10! TripAdvisor said that to generate the AeroMexico, Air France, China results, it put traveler responses over a Southern, Alitalia, CSA Czech 12-month period into an algorithm that took Airlines, Delta Air Lines and KLM, among others. More info into account the quantity and quality of reviews. is available at koreanair.com. .