AirZeta, styled as AIRZETA, formerly known as Air Incheon, is a South Korean cargo airline with its hub at Incheon International Airport near Seoul.
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.jpg) An AirZeta Boeing 747-400F at London Stansted Airport | |||||||
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| Founded | 24 February 2012 (as Air Incheon) | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 2 March 2013 | ||||||
| Hubs | Incheon International Airport | ||||||
| Fleet size | 15 | ||||||
| Destinations | 30 | ||||||
| Headquarters | Incheon, South Korea | ||||||
| Key people | Seung-Hwan Lee (CEO) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
Development
editOn February 24, 2012, Air Incheon was founded and started its operations in March 2013.
In August 2016, Air Incheon signed a letter of intent for three Boeing 737-800 to be converted to freighters and leased from Spectre Air Capital.[1] In May 2019, due to financial reasons, Air Incheon cancelled the order for the Boeing 737-800 Freighters as well as retiring its Boeing 767-300F and one Boeing 737-400F.
Following Korean Air and Asiana Airlines' merger in 2024, the cargo division of Asiana Airlines was sold to Air Incheon as part of the deal, which included several Boeing 747-400BDSF, Boeing 747-400F and Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft.[2]
On 1 August 2025, Air Incheon was rebranded as AIRZETA, officially taking over 11 aircraft: 10 Boeing 747-400 freighters, 1 Boeing 767-300 freighter and the network from Asiana Cargo following the transfer of the cargo department of Asiana Airlines.[3] 800 employees from Asiana Cargo also joined AirZeta as part of the takeover, making AirZeta swelled the size of its workforce from around 200 to around 1,000 employees.[4][5]
Destinations
editAs of August 2025[update], AIRZETA flies to the following destinations:[6]
Fleet
editCurrent fleet
editAs of August 2025[update], AIRZETA operates the following aircraft:[13]
| Aircraft | In fleet | Orders | Notes |
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| Boeing 737-800SF | 4 | — | |
| Boeing 747-400BDSF | 4 | — | Transferred from Asiana Cargo.[2] |
| Boeing 747-400F | 6 | — | |
| Boeing 767-300F | 1 | — | |
| Total | 15 | — | |
Fleet development
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In August 2016, Air Incheon signed a letter of intent for three Boeing 737-800 to be converted to freighters and leased from Spectre Air Capital.[1] In May 2019, due to financial reasons, Air Incheon cancelled the order for the Boeing 737-800NG Freighters as well as retiring its Boeing 767-300ERF and one Boeing 737-400F.
Following Korean Air and Asiana Airlines’ merger in 2024, the cargo division of Asiana Airlines, also known as Asiana Cargo, was sold to Air Incheon as part of the deal, which includes several Boeing 747-400BDSF, Boeing 747-400F and Boeing 767-300F cargo aircraft.[2][14][15] AIRZETA officially took over the aircraft on 1 August, 2025.[3]
Former fleet
editAIRZETA has also operated the following aircraft (as of July 2021):[16][17]
| Aircraft | Total | Introduced | Retired |
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| Boeing 737-400F | 3 | 2013 | 2021 |
| Boeing 767-300F | 1 | 2018 | 2019 |
References
edit- 1 2 "Air Incheon". www.air-incheon.com.
- 1 2 3 Jeffrey, Rebecca (2024-11-29). "EU approves sale of Asiana's cargo business to Air Incheon". Air Cargo News. Retrieved 2025-02-16.
- 1 2 CHOSUNBIZ (2025-08-01). "Air Incheon rebrands as AIRZETA after acquiring Asiana Airlines cargo division". CHOSUNBIZ. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
- ↑ Kyung-min, No. "Air Zeta debuts as Korea's no. 2 cargo carrier after Asiana deal". The Korea Herald.
- ↑ Sipinski, Dominik. "S Korea's Air Incheon rebrands after Asiana freighter deal". ch-aviation.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 "Latest schedules by routes". AirZeta.
- ↑ "에어인천, 인천~방글라데시 다카 화물 노선 신규 취항" [Air Incheon launches a new cargo route between Incheon and Dhaka, Bangladesh] (in Korean). Kyeongin News. 15 November 2022.
- ↑ "China's resort island Hainan opens new cargo air route to ROK". China Daily. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
- ↑ "에어인천, 6월부터 中 칭다오 노선 운항 재개" [Air Incheon to resume flights to Qingdao in June] (in Korean). Biz Fact. 11 May 2020.
- ↑ "Air Incheon Opens New Route Linking Incheon with Japan, Russia and China". Incheon Today. 17 June 2022.
- 1 2 "에어인천, 일본 훗카이도 화물노선 첫 유치" [Air Incheon to Host Japan's First Cargo Route to Hokkaido]. The Korea IT Times. 17 April 2014.
- ↑ "Scheduled flights". Air Incheon.
- ↑ "항공기 등록현황" [Aircraft registration status]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.
- ↑ Air Incheon buys Asiana Cargo Airliner World October 2014 page 17
- ↑ Korean Air completes Asiana acquisition Airliner World March 2025 page 17
- ↑ "연도별 도입 현황" [Introduction status by year]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.
- ↑ "연도별 말소 현황" [Retired status by year]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.
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