Ua make maluhia ʻo Yang Ho Cho, 70, Lunahoomalu a me CEO o Korean Air a me ka Hanjin Group, ʻApelila 7 ma kahi haukapila ʻo Los Angeles ma hope o kahi maʻi pōkole. Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia he paionia halihali mokulele.
Ua hiki aku ko Mr. Cho hiki ʻana ma ʻō aku o ʻAsia. He mea hoʻokumu ia o ka Skyteam international airline alliance a alakaʻi i ke kōmike bid i lawe i nā Olumepika Winter 2018 i Korea. Ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i ka hoʻomohala ʻana o ka wahi kilokilo Wilshire Grand ma ke kaona ʻo Los Angeles, ka hale kiʻekiʻe loa ma ke komohana o ka Misisipi.
Ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ka Papa Kiaʻāina o ka International Air Transport Association (IATA); ka Papa Kahu o kāna ʻohana alma, Kulanui o Kaleponi Hema; a ua loaʻa iā ia nā kekelē laepua hanohano mai ka Embry Riddle Aeronautical University (Florida) a me ke Kula Nui Mokulele Huakaʻi ʻo Ukraine.
Ma lalo o kāna alakaʻi ʻana, ua lilo ʻo Korean Air i hale hana mana honua e lele ana i nā kūlanakauhale he 124 a me nā ʻāina he 44, e kū aʻe nei ma ke ʻano he mokulele mokulele ʻo ʻAsia nui loa me ʻAmelika me nā ʻīpuka he 15 o ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. I kēia manawa ua kūkākūkā ʻo ia i kahi huakaʻi pū me nā Delta Air Lines i hoʻokumu ʻia ma Atlanta, nāna i hoʻokumu i ka ʻoihana transpacific nui loa o ka ʻoihana. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā mokulele mokulele i kahi ala kū ʻole hou ma waena o Boston a me Seoul ma ʻApelila 12.
ʻO Mr. Cho i ka ʻoihana mokulele i kona ola a pau, ʻoiai ʻo kona makuakāne, ʻo Choong-Hoon Cho, i loaʻa a hoʻolilo ʻia iā Korean Air 50 mau makahiki i hala. Ua koho ʻia ʻo Cho ka ʻōpio ka luna nui a me luna nui o ka mokulele i ka makahiki 1999 ma mua i pelekikena a me CEO i ʻehā mau makahiki i hala. Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Mr. Cho e hana no Korean Air ma ke ʻano he manakia ma ke keʻena nui ʻo ʻAmelika ma Los Angeles i 1974 ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke Kulanui o Kaleponi Hema.
ʻEkolu mau pule i hala aku nei ua hoʻoneʻe aku nā mea hoʻopukapuka Kōlea iā ia mai ka papa i kahi lanakila no ka activism o ka mea kuleana.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ke alakaʻi ʻana a Mr. Cho i loko o nā makahiki. Ua hāʻawi ʻia iā ia ke poʻo inoa ʻo "Grand Officier" ma France ʻo Légion d'Honneur, 'Polaris' ma Mongolia a me ka Mugunghwa Medal 'ma Korea - ʻo ia nā mea kiʻekiʻe loa i loaʻa i nā kūlana kīwila i kēia mau ʻāina.
Ma waho aʻe o kāna kuleana ʻoihana, ʻo Mr. Cho ka hope pelekikena o ka Federation of Korean Industries, pelekikena pelekikena o ka ʻaha kūkā ʻoihana ʻo Korea-US, a ua lawelawe ʻo ia ma ke ʻano he pelekikena o lʻAnnée France-Corée 2015-2016 ', e hoʻolauleʻa ana i nā makahiki he 130 o ka pili pili aupuni ma waena o Korea a me Palani.
Ua koe aku ʻo Mr. Cho i kāna wahine, ʻo Myung-hee Lee, keikikāne ʻo Walter, nā kaikamahine ʻo Heather lāua ʻo Emily a me ʻelima mau moʻopuna. Ke kali nei nā lawelawe ma Kōlea Hema.
