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Korean Air

flag-carrier airline of South Korea
Organization airline Q213147
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Summary

Korean Air is an airline[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 59 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • Country: South Korea[3]
  • Airline hub: Incheon International Airport[4], Gimpo International Airport[5]
  • Airline alliance: SkyTeam[6]
  • Item operated: Airbus A380[7], Airbus A330[8], Boeing 737 Next Generation[9], Boeing 747-8[10], Boeing 777[11], Boeing 787 Dreamliner[12], Airbus A220[13]
  • Owned by: Hanjin KAL[14]
  • Headquarters location: Gonghang-dong[15]
  • Chief executive officer: Cho Won-tae[16]
  • IATA airline designator: KE[17]
  • ICAO airline designator: KAL[18]
  • Commons category: Korean Air[19]
  • Stock exchange: Korean Stock Exchange[20]
  • Inception: March 1, 1969[21]
  • Location of formation: Seoul[22]
  • Parent organization or unit: Hanjin[23]
  • Distributed by: Google Play[24], App Store (Apple)[25]
  • Official website: https://www.koreanair.com/[26]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Korean Air[27]
  • Commons gallery: Korean Air[28]
  • Official name: 주식회사 대한항공[29], Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.[30]
  • Legal form: jusik hoesa[31]
  • McCune–Reischauer romanization: Taehan Hanggong[32]
  • Revised Romanization: Daehan Hanggong[33]
  • Reward program: SKYPASS[34]
  • Merchant Category Code: 3082[35]
  • Airline accounting code: 180[36]

Why It Matters

Korean Air is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5w ago · IdeasMagnet · 2026-09-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Openstreetmap node id → 12123177658
    Street address → 서울 특별시 강서구 공항동 1370번지 대한항공 빌딩, Korean Air Operations Center, 1370, Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-g, 64-5, 2 Ka, Choongku-Roo, Seoul, Korea +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Openstreetmap node id: 12123177658, Adding OSM node id claim from wikidata tag on node/12123177658 in United States"
  2. 10w ago · William Avery Bot bot · 2026-08-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Headquarters location → Gonghang-dong
    Encyclopedia of korean culture id → E0015232
    Pixiv encyclopedia id → 大韓航空
    Legal form → jusik hoesa
    + 60 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-references:1||1|2 */ Street address: Korean Air Operations Center, 1370, Gonghang-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul, Korea 157-712, Changing http://web.archive.org/ URLs to https (×1). "
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