Asiana Airlines officially becomes Korean Air subsidiary, reshaping S. Korea’s aviation industry

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[KuostA]

how could this be possible? completely removed the only main competition of each other to keep prices low and quality higher, now it's one huge monopoly!!

[soggymoggytravels]

Korean Air has always been too expensive for my budget. Kind of sad to see Asiana go.

[HKim]

I’ve only flown Asiana as a backup to KAL, but generally it was a bit cheaper. Also, their planes seemed a bit older.
One of my more interesting rides was business class in Asiana.. Had a lot of weird dead space since it was near the front. Like very front of the plane.

[BrentDawson-qy]

There goes the competition and cheap flights!

[gregh]

I dont get how they let it through.. It means in practice there is only ONE airline like there is only ONE car manufacturer there. Yes technically there are some other but who are we joking..

[supremewhip]

There goes reasonably priced Korean flights. They’re just pushing customers to go with better and cheaper alternatives.

[HaveyoumetKen]

The price was already high even pre merger with their duopoly and now this just exacerbates an already present issue

[HaveyoumetKen]

Get ready for price hikes across all options to Korea as this essentially creates a monopoly

[GG-hiif]

Stupid move. The remedial measures are only temporary.

This will just drive up ticket prices for all those wanting to fly to/from Korea directly - not something that benefits tourists or Koreans.

[stormbirdweather]

So, Asiana will exit Star Alliance and join SkyTeam when they merge with Korean Air?

[filipepedro]

Asiana was so good...sad to see her go

[secretaryofjinfromjinhit]

Congratulations Korea! Hope all of you are safe. Saty safe and dont worry, everything is gonna be okay sooner or later. ❤