Korean Air begins adjusting European routes ahead of merger with Asiana Airlines... ”Minimize customer inconvenience”

Korean Air, South Korea's largest airline, has cut flights to Europe and other routes to comply with merger approval requirements imposed by the European Commission, the European Union's competition authority.
This means that the merger with Asiana Airlines has reached the final stage. On the 19th, a source in the Korean aviation industry said that Korean Air will start operating flights from Incheon to Rome in August.
It has been revealed that the airline plans to reduce its service from seven times a week to four times a week, with plans to further reduce this to three times a week in October. The Barcelona route, which was previously operated four times a week, will be suspended from September.
Starting in October, the airline will cut flights to Frankfurt from seven times a week to four times a week, and to Paris from seven times a week to six times a week.
The move comes after the EU executive Commission approved the merger of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines in February.
Korean Air has ordered the transfer of some of its routes to T'way Air as a condition for the transfer. Korean Air has decided to transfer four major European routes to T'way Air: Rome, Barcelona, Frankfurt, and Paris.
Korean Air has agreed to transfer the routes to Korean Air and is currently in the process of transferring them. Meanwhile, Korean Air plans to focus on minimizing the inconvenience to passengers caused by schedule changes.
First, passengers affected by the schedule change will be advised to change to alternative flight routes in accordance with the guidelines for handling international flight schedule changes.
In cases where local transport and accommodation costs cannot be refunded due to flight changes, compensation plans are also in place. Non-scheduled service will also be considered for routes with shortages. For passengers who are unable to change their travel dates,
Korean Air will provide boarding passes for partner airlines and other European routes. A company official said, "We will do our best to accommodate the unavoidable schedule changes caused by the corrective measures of overseas competition authorities.
"We plan to take proactive measures to ensure that our customers do not experience any inconvenience while traveling on our European routes," he said.
"After the final merger, we will improve the efficiency of our schedule management and provide better service to our customers," he added.
"This will provide more options to our customers," he said, adding, "It will take longer than planned because we cannot adjust schedules until necessary procedures such as domestic and international flight approvals are completed."
I hope you will understand that."