Kim Soo-cheon, president of Air Busan Co., was named to head Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea's No. 2 carrier.
Kim is to assume the post on Jan. 1, 2014, Asiana said. He will replace Yoon Young-doo who has been president and CEO for five years.
Asiana has a controlling stake in Air Busan, a budget carrier headquartered in South Korea’s second largest city of Busan.
Kim’s appointment came about five months after an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 307 people - 291 passengers and 16 crew members - crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport last July. The accident left three dead and more than 180 injured.
Asiana said the appointment is part of a shake-up of its executives affecting a total of 47 officials.
Han Tae-keun, managing director of Asiana, was appointed to lead Air Busan, the airline company said.
Kim is to assume the post on Jan. 1, 2014, Asiana said. He will replace Yoon Young-doo who has been president and CEO for five years.
Asiana has a controlling stake in Air Busan, a budget carrier headquartered in South Korea’s second largest city of Busan.
Kim’s appointment came about five months after an Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 carrying 307 people - 291 passengers and 16 crew members - crash-landed at San Francisco International Airport last July. The accident left three dead and more than 180 injured.
Asiana said the appointment is part of a shake-up of its executives affecting a total of 47 officials.
Han Tae-keun, managing director of Asiana, was appointed to lead Air Busan, the airline company said.
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