Korean Air Renews Its AviNet Type B Network Services with ARINCApril 21, 2008Singapore—Seoul-based Korean Air, one of Asia’s leading airlines and winner of Best Economy Class in the 2006/07 World Airline Awards, has renewed a major communications contract with ARINC Incorporated. Under the contract, ARINC will continue to provide a portfolio of AviNet® Type B messaging services for Korean Air. “Korean Air operates about 400 passenger flights daily to 114 cities in 37 countries,” said Mr. Y. M. Ahn, General Manager, Network Technology Team, Korean Air. “The network and messaging infrastructure to support such an operation has to be robust, scalable, and reliable. ARINC’s AviNet Type B messaging service has been very consistent in these areas, and we are very pleased with its overall performance.” “ARINC greatly appreciates Korean Air’s confidence in our AviNet business connectivity, and all the other ARINC services which they currently use,” stated Randy Pizzi, ARINC Vice President & Managing Director, Asia/Pacific. “This is an important renewal contract for us, and we will continue to develop our communications products to meet the changing needs of Korean Air and our other airline customers.” AviNet’s powerful messaging solutions provide the aviation industry with a robust and convenient capability to exchange critical information, meeting customers’ business-class messaging needs while optimizing the use of current infrastructure and keeping costs down. AviNet Messaging Solutions support the full complement of industry messaging formats and protocols, and can deliver messages using any of the AviNet Network Solutions and Type B Access products. Korean Air is the largest airline and the flag carrier of South Korea, with global headquarters located in Seoul. Its domestic division serves 20 Korean destinations and its international passenger and related cargo division serve 130 destination cities in 45 countries. Korean Air consistently ranks among the top 20 airlines in the world in number of passengers carried. It operates a modern fleet of more than 120 Airbus and Boeing aircraft. For more information, visit the web site at www.koreanair.com. ARINC Incorporated, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, provides communications, engineering and integration solutions for commercial, defense and government customers worldwide. Headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland with regional offices in London and Singapore, ARINC is ISO 9001certified. Release: 08-01 Brand Management & Communications |
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