{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_456uhibkbuta53a2wf2q","title":"Korean Air faces maintenance capacity crunch from Asiana acquisition","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/korean-air-faces-maintenance-capacity-crunch-from-asiana-acquisition-456uhibkbu","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_456uhibkbuta53a2wf2q","seq":308564,"kind":"article","title":"Korean Air faces maintenance capacity crunch from Asiana acquisition","url":"https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20260928/korean-air-faces-maintenance-capacity-crunch-from-asiana-acquisition","summary":"Korean Air faces a growing maintenance capacity challenge, as its acquisition of Asiana Airlines creates a fleet of more than 230 aircraft at a time when heavy-maintenance slots remain increasingly difficult to secure across Asia. The integrated carrier, scheduled to launch in December, will operate the larger fleet and employ more than 4,000 maintenance workers. It will require more airframe, engine and component maintenance that must be handled internally or secured…","published":"2026-09-27T22:27:02Z","seen":"2026-09-27T22:30:19Z","lang":"en","source":{"id":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","name":"koreatimes.co.kr","domain":"feed.koreatimes.co.kr"},"via":"kite-koreatimes-co-kr-c6eccf","topics":["asia"],"authors":["author"],"entities":[{"id":"Q213147","name":"Korean Air","type":"org"}],"image":"https://newsimg.koreatimes.co.kr/2026/09/27/f59d3725-fea4-4a60-9d70-4e3f2e83434b.jpeg","mentions":2,"story":"st_456uhibkbuta53a2wf2q","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.8999999761581421,"sentiment":"negative","tone":-0.4000000059604645,"political":0.07000000029802322}]}