Asiana Airlines to sell air cargo unit to Air Incheon
Asiana Airlines’ cargo unit will be sold to South Korean cargo carrier Air Incheon for 470 billion won ($342 million), Korean Air Lines said on Wednesday.
The EU competition regulator in June approved Air Incheon as the preferred bidder to buy Asiana’s cargo business, as a condition of approval for Asiana to merge with Korean Air.
The purchase will likely make Air Incheon, a small cargo-only airline, South Korea’s second-biggest freight carrier.
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A sale agreement was signed on Wednesday, according to a Korean Air filing.
The purchase would transfer Asiana’s fleet, staff, customers and traffic rights to Air Incheon, which is based at Incheon airport, South Korea’s main international gateway and the world’s fifth-busiest cargo airport.
Korean Air had obtained a green light from 13 of 14 competition authorities for the Asiana deal and CEO Walter Cho has said he anticipates the final U.S. decision by the end of October.
With information from Reuters
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