Gatwick Airport has confirmed Korean Air - the national carrier of South Korea - is to launch three weekly flights from Gatwick to Seoul on April 29th this year from the newly renovated North Terminal. Korean Air was recently voted Asia’s Leading Airline First Class by the World Travel Awards.

Korean Air is seeking to boost its leadership in the global cargo industry with the launch of a new mobile website. Customers can enter the mobile website through Korean Air Cargo’s homepage, while smart phone and tablet PC users with operating systems above Android, iOS and Blackberry 6.0 can simply key in the URL.

Aviation manufacturer Airbus has named Korean Air as the best performing operator of its A300-600 aircraft. The accolade follows victory for the carrier at the World Travel Awards, where Korean Air was named as Asia’s Leading Airline First Class earlier this year.

Korean Air has claimed the title of ‘Asia’s Leading Airline First Class’ at the World Travel Awards Asia & Australasia Ceremony 2011, held in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1993 and described as the ‘Oscars’ of the travel and tourism industry by The Wall Street Journal, the World Travel Awards represent the ultimate accolade, recognised globally by the travel, tourism and hospitality industry as the foremost acknowledgement of excellence in product and service worldwide.

Korean Air has unveiled its second SkyTeam livery B737-800 aircraft, which will operate short-haul routes including China, Japan and South East Asia.

Bombardier Aerospace has announced a letter of intent from Korean Air signed at the 2011 Paris Air Show to acquire 10 CS300 airliners has now been converted into a firm order.