Korean Air’s Exciting A350 News

Korean Air has unveiled exciting plans for its Airbus A350 deployment across February.

A limited-time change will see the South Korean carrier operate the A350-900 on two of its seven weekly flights between Seoul Incheon and Tokyo Haneda.

These two weekly flights will be operated across the airlines’ schedules from 2 February 2026 through to 27 February 2026, before reverting to normal on KE751/KE752.

The Airbus A350-900 will thus depart for South Korea as KE751 at 2040 on the first and fifth days of the week, with a Boeing 737 and Boeing 787 operating on the other remaining days.

Aeroroutes.com, with thanks to Korean Air’s scheduling, highlights the following timings for the A350-900 deployment alongside the other aircraft also utilised.

KE751 ICN2040 – 2250HND 739 3
KE751 ICN2040 – 2250HND 359 15
KE751 ICN2040 – 2250HND 789 x135

KE752 HND0200 – 0450ICN 739 4
KE752 HND0200 – 0450ICN 359 26
KE752 HND0200 – 0450ICN 789 x246

Korean Air’s A350 Fleet

Korean Air now has two Airbus A350-900s in its fleet, which average 1.1 years of age and have been in service for close to a year since entry.

Registered as HL8597 and HL8598, these two models were delivered in the final days of 2024 before entering scheduled passenger operations the following month.

For the company, the aircraft were initially deployed on daily roundtrips through Tokyo Kansai and Fukuoka; as a result, the jet is absolutely no stranger to operating towards Japan, where it’ll do the same throughout most of February of this year.

These Airbus A350s can seat 311 passengers, with 283 in economy class, and 28 in business class at the front of the cabin. This two-class aircraft is expected to be crucial to the airline’s efforts to address increasing passenger demand.

Additionally, the purchase of this Airbus widebody has been directly linked to the airline’s long-standing plans to tie up its operations with a purchase and full integration of Asiana Airlines, a fellow South Korean carrier.

As the two airlines have looked to come together, one of the many areas of focus has been on the fleet. Korean Air, before its planned merger with Asiana Airlines, did not fly the Airbus A350 nor hold orders, but the aircraft has been critical to Asiana for some time.

With the South Korean carrier looking to align its fleets so much as moving towards the next-generation of aircraft for single-aisle and widebody flying, the purchase of the A350 seemed like the natural next step, and that’s what Korean Air did.

The carrier has orders for a considerable number of A350-1000s, especially this high-capacity, high-range aircraft, which brings strong capacity into key international markets.

More A350s were initially expected to be delivered to the airline, with the hope that the aircraft would then be deployed to more international destinations; however, in the end, the company still only flies two of the model now, having moved into 2026.

In October 2025, the business even deepened its commitment to the A350 family by converting seven A350-1000 orders to the A350F to help elevate its cargo operations.