Korean Air unveiled its newly renovated Prestige East (Left) Lounge at Incheon International Airport, featuring a Ramyeon library and gaming arcades. The facility offers luxury hotel-inspired design, buffet, live cooking stations, shower facilities, and dedicated work areas for business travelers.
Korean Air is replacing traditional plastic meal containers with plant-based packaging made from agricultural waste by 2026. The South Korean carrier will phase in containers manufactured from straw, sugarcane, and bamboo starting December 2025, with full network implementation expected by year-end 2026.
Korean Air is investing approximately $119 billion in a state-of-the-art maintenance hangar at Incheon International Airport as part of its strategic expansion into global MRO services. The H3 Maintenance Facility Development Project will span 69,299 square meters and simultaneously handle two widebody and one narrowbody aircraft, employing around 300 maintenance specialists.
Korean Air is showcasing its expanding aerospace capabilities at Drone Show Korea 2026, Asia's largest drone exhibition. The airline will present artificial intelligence-powered unmanned aerial vehicles and advanced air mobility technologies, alongside organizations from 23 countries.
Korean Air and four sister airlines in the Hanjin Group are set to become South Korea's first carriers adopting SpaceX's Starlink in-flight Wi-Fi. Beginning installation in late 2025, the five carriers plan service launches starting mid-2026, with fleet-wide rollout targeted by 2027.
Korean Air, along with four other airlines owned by Hanjin Group, has announced a ban on in-flight use of power banks starting January 26, 2026, as part of enhanced safety measures. The policy aims to prevent short circuits and fire hazards, with passengers allowed to carry power banks but not charge devices during flight.
Archer Aviation has signed agreements to acquire Hawthorne Municipal Airport in Southern California for $126 million, positioning the site as both an operations base for its planned Los Angeles air-taxi network and a testbed for artificial-intelligence-based aviation technologies. According to AeroTime, Archer plans to use the airport as a development and demonstration site for AI-powered air-traffic and ground-operations management systems designed with airline and technology partners.