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Aviation News November 2006
Korean Air in No. 1 biz class to Asia
LOS
ANGELES, PRNewswire -- Korean Air has won best
Asia/Transpacific business class service from Business Traveler
magazine in its 18th annual Readers' Choice Best in Business
travel survey. "Korean Air flies from more cities in North
America to more cities in Asia than any other airline,"
said John Jackson, Korean Air's marketing director. "We've
been making significant fleet and service enhancements, and
it's great when our progress is recognized by such an important
audience." The airline will receive its award at Business
Traveler's awards dinner in New York on Jan. 11, 2007. Korean
Air's award-winning service includes ample sleeper seats, an
array of meals attentively served on Wedgwood china, and
on-demand inflight entertainment featuring 40+ films, 60+ short
subjects and more then 200 audio selections controlled at each
seat. Jackson said there's no need for power adapters ... each
seat has a standard power outlet. Business Traveler magazine
randomly samples its subscriber base, allowing readers to
recognize the companies who have made business travel more
enjoyable. Conducted by a third-party agency, the annual survey
covers nearly 50 categories that are important to business
travelers. About Korean Air:
Korean Air's service has been recognized worldwide. It received
the number one rank in almost every airline category in TIME
Asia magazine's readers' 2006 Travel Choice Awards. It's won
the coveted Mercury award twice for inflight meal quality, and
was named this year's Airline of the Year in Asia by Pax
International, the Canadian-based group that conducts the
"travel catering industry's Oscars." In addition, with its excellent financial performance in
2005, Korean Air received the "Phoenix Award" from Air
Transport World (ATW) for success in overcoming challenges in
the global airline industry. Korean Air, with a fleet of 118 aircraft, is one of the
world's top 20 airlines, and operates almost 400 passenger
flights per day to 102 cities in 33 countries. It is a founding
member of SkyTeam, the global airlines alliance -- partnering
Aeroflot, AeroMexico, Air France, Alitalia, CSA Czech Airlines,
Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM and Northwest
Airlines to provide customers with extensive worldwide
destinations, flights and services.
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