AirZeta

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AIRZETA
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KJAIHAIR INCHEON
Founded24 February 2012;13 years ago (2012-02-24)
(as Air Incheon)
Commenced operations2 March 2013;12 years ago (2013-03-02)
Hubs Incheon International Airport
Fleet size15
Destinations6
Headquarters Incheon, South Korea
Key peopleSeung-Hwan Lee (CEO)
Website www.air-incheon.com

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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Development

On 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 Airlinesmerger 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] 2000 employees from Asiana Cargo also joined AirZeta as part of the takeover. [3]

Destinations

As of August 2025, AIRZETA flies to the following destinations: [4]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Austria Vienna Vienna International Airport Coming soon
Bangladesh Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport [5]
Belgium Brussels Brussels Airport Coming soon
China Chengdu Chengdu Tianfu International Airport [4]
Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport [4]
Haikou Haikou Meilan International Airport [6]
Qingdao Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport [7]
Shanghai Shanghai Pudong International Airport Coming soon
Tianjin Tianjin Binhai International Airport Coming soon
Yantai Yantai Penglai International Airport [4] [8]
Germany Frankfurt Frankfurt Airport Coming soon
Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong International Airport Coming soon
Italy Milan Milan Malpensa Airport Coming soon
Japan Osaka Kansai International Airport Coming soon
Sapporo New Chitose Airport [9]
Tokyo Narita International Airport [4] [9]
Kazakhstan Almaty Almaty International Airport Coming soon
Singapore Singapore Changi Airport Coming soon
South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport Hub
United Kingdom London London Stansted Airport Coming soon
United States Anchorage Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport Coming soon
Atlanta Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport Coming soon
Chicago O'Hare International Airport Coming soon
Dallas Dallas Fort Worth International Airport Coming soon
Los Angeles Los Angeles International Airport Coming soon
Seattle Seattle–Tacoma International Airport Coming soon
Vietnam Hanoi Noi Bai International Airport [4]

Fleet

Current fleet

As of August 2025, AIRZETA operates the following aircraft: [10]

AircraftIn fleetOrdersNotes
Boeing 737-800SF 4
Boeing 747-400BDSF 4Transferred from Asiana Cargo. [2]
Boeing 747-400F 6
Boeing 767-300F 1
Total150

Fleet development

An Air Incheon Boeing 737-400F landing at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea in 2015 HL8291 - Air Incheon - Boeing 737-4Y0(SF) - ICN (16465974796).jpg
An Air Incheon Boeing 737-400F landing at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea in 2015

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] [11] [12] AIRZETA officially took over the aircraft on 1 August, 2025. [3]

Former fleet

AIRZETA has also operated the following aircraft (as of July 2021): [13] [14]

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetired
Boeing 737-400F 320132021
Boeing 767-300F 120182019

References

  1. 1 2 "Air Incheon". www.air-incheon.com.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 3 CHOSUNBIZ (2025-08-01). "Air Incheon rebrands as Air Zeta after acquiring Asiana Airlines cargo division". CHOSUNBIZ. Retrieved 2025-08-01.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Scheduled flights". Air Incheon.
  5. "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.
  6. "China's resort island Hainan opens new cargo air route to ROK". China Daily. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  7. "에어인천, 6월부터 中 칭다오 노선 운항 재개" [Air Incheon to resume flights to Qingdao in June] (in Korean). Biz Fact. 11 May 2020.
  8. "Air Incheon Opens New Route Linking Incheon with Japan, Russia and China". Incheon Today. 17 June 2022.
  9. 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.
  10. "항공기 등록현황" [Aircraft registration status]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.
  11. Air Incheon buys Asiana Cargo Airliner World October 2014 page 17
  12. Korean Air completes Asiana acquisition Airliner World March 2025 page 17
  13. "연도별 도입 현황" [Introduction status by year]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.
  14. "연도별 말소 현황" [Retired status by year]. Ministry of Land, Transport, and Transport.

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