Ua loaʻa iā Walter Cho, ka Luna Hoʻokele a me ka Luna Nui o Korean Air i ka hanohano hanohano i ka makana alakaʻi e ka Air Transport World (ATW).
"Mai ka lawe ʻana i ka helm ma Korean Air ma 2019, ua loaʻa koke ʻo Walter Cho i ka inoa honua no ka ʻike ʻoihana a me ka hoʻokele ikaika. ʻO kāna noʻonoʻo ʻana a me waho o ka pahu, e pili ana i nā hui mokulele - ʻo ia hoʻi ka ʻoihana hui transpacific me Delta Air Lines - a me ka ʻoihana ukana o ka hui, ua ʻoi aku ka ikaika o Korea ma mua o nā manawa ʻino loa o ka maʻi maʻi. Ma keʻano he poʻo o ka SkyTeam global alliance board a he lālā o ka IATA board of governors, ua puka mai ʻo Mr. Cho ma ke ʻano he alakaʻi maikaʻi loa ma Korea a ma waena o ka ʻoihana, "wahi a Air Transport World.
Ua ʻike nui ʻia ke alakaʻi a me ka hoʻokele pilikia a Cho i ka wā o ka maʻi maʻi, ʻoiai ua hoʻokele maikaʻi ʻo ia i ka pilikia COVID-19 a alakaʻi i ka mokulele e loaʻa i nā waiwai kiʻekiʻe ma 2021 a me 2022.
Ma waena o nā kānalua he nui i ka wā o COVID-19, ua hoʻoholo ʻo Cho i ka hoʻoholo wiwo ʻole a me ka mōʻaukala e kiʻi iā Asiana Airlines, ka mea nui loa i ka ʻoihana mokulele honua i ka wā maʻi. Ke pau ka loaʻa ʻana, e lilo ʻo Korean Air i hoʻokahi o nā mokulele 10 kiʻekiʻe o ka honua.
"Ua hōʻoia ka pilikia o ka maʻi maʻi ma mua i ke koʻikoʻi o ka pilina, ka waiwai nui o kā mākou ʻoihana. ʻO ka hui Korean Air holoʻokoʻa, a me kā mākou mau hoa, ua hui pū i kā mākou mau hana e mālama i ka pilina no nā kaʻa a me nā ukana, ʻoiai ke kau ʻia nā mana palena palena. Mahalo nui wau i ka ʻike ʻana o ATW i kā mākou mau hana a haʻahaʻa wau i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makana ma ka inoa o nā mea āpau ma Korean Air. Ke hilinaʻi nei au i ka makahiki 2023 e ikaika a hoihoi no mākou a pau, a e hoʻololi ʻo Korean Air i nā loli a hāʻawi i nā lawelawe hilinaʻi i kā mākou mea kūʻai aku a me nā hoa hana, a hoʻomau i ka ulu ʻana, "wahi a Walter Cho.
Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Korean Air no nā makahiki ʻelua i hala iho nei ʻo ATW's 2021 Airline of the Year a me 2022 Cargo Operator of the Year. Ua loaʻa pū ʻo Cho i nā makana he nui no kāna alakaʻi koʻikoʻi e like me FlightGlobal's 2022 Air Cargo Leadership Award a me Orient Aviation's 2021 Person of the Year.
E mālama ʻia ka hanana makana 49 o kēia makahiki ma Istanbul ma Iune 2.
