Korean Air: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Korean Air (KRX: 003490) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Seoul, South Korea that owns 4 consumer brands.[1]
South Korean airline group headquartered in Gangseo-gu, Seoul and listed on the Korea Exchange main market since March 1966 under stock code 003490. Its September 2025 registration statement on DART says it was established in June 1962 as Korean Air Corporation (daehan hanggong gongsa) and moved from state to private ownership in March 1969, and that its largest shareholder is Hanjin KAL Corp. with 26.95% as of 17 September 2025. The same filing lists Asiana Airlines (63.88%), Jin Air (54.91%), Air Busan (41.91%) and Air Seoul (100%) as consolidated subsidiaries at 30 June 2025, and records that Korean Air became Asiana's largest shareholder in December 2024.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (also KAL, Korean Airlines Co., Ltd., 대한항공)
- Type
- publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇰🇷 Seoul, South Korea
- Founded
- 1962
- Tickers
- KRX: 003490
- Website
- www.koreanair.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Korean Air in numbers
- Korean Air owns 4 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is travel & transport with 4 brands.[1]
Everything Korean Air owns
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
- Air Seoul
- Asiana Airlines (63.88%)
- Jin Air (54.91%)
- Korean Air
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Brand portfolio by category
Travel & transport (4)
- Air Seoul
- Asiana Airlines (63.88%)
- Jin Air (54.91%)
- Korean Air
Minority stakes, joint ventures and licences
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Korean Air own?
Korean Air owns 4 consumer brands tracked here, including Korean Air, Jin Air, Asiana Airlines and Air Seoul.
Is Korean Air a South Korean company?
Yes. Korean Air is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea and was founded in 1962.
Who owns Korean Air?
Korean Air is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as 003490 on the KRX.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Korean Air Lines Registration Statement (Debt securities), including semi-annual consolidated report, 18 September 2025 — Financial Supervisory Service (DART), Stock exchange filing, published 18 September 2025; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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