This photograph reveals the view close to the runway at Incheon Worldwide Airport, Feb. 2. Yonhap
The variety of planes owned and operated by Korean airways reached over 400 final yr, information confirmed Sunday, marking the very best determine since record-keeping started.
Home airways operated a complete of 416 airplanes, together with 42 cargo planes, as of late final yr, up 23 from a yr earlier than, based on the info submitted to Rep. Lee Yeon-hee of the primary opposition Democratic Social gathering of Korea (DPK).
This marks the very best variety of planes since a non-public airplane was first registered within the nation in 1977.
The quantity is anticipated to climb additional this yr as home airways have plans to introduce 54 new planes whereas disposing of 38 outdated plane.
The variety of airplane registrations had been on a gradual rise to surpass the 300 mark in 2015 and attain the earlier document of 414 in 2019 earlier than dropping the next yr as a result of COVID-19 pandemic.
By airline, native trade chief Korean Air had the biggest share of 39.7 p.c of the full, or 165 planes, adopted by Asiana Airways at 83 planes and Jeju Air at 41, together with the airplane misplaced within the lethal crash that claimed 179 lives on Dec. 29.
By kind of plane, 62 p.c, or 258 planes, have been made by plane producer Boeing, adopted by Airbus at 38 p.c, or 158 planes. (Yonhap)
