Korean Air has been awarded as the best airline operating A300-600 by Airbus.

Airbus awards the best performing airlines that operates A300/310/300-600 every 2 years at the A300/310/300-600 Technical Symposium event after evaluating overall performances including the operational reliability and aircraft utilization. During this event, which was held on October 18 this year, Korean Air was awarded the “A300-600 Award for Top Operational Excellence”.

Operational reliability is an international index that measures the accuracy of flight operation due to delays or defects, by the calculation of flights operated within the 15 minutes time frame of STD/STA. Higher of this measurement verifies the better operating capability of the airline and reflects its tight precaution of maintenance and safety management.

Among 24 airlines, Korean Air received the highest score of 99.8% for the best operational performance. Operating 8 A300-600s Korean Air has proved to have top class operating, maintenance and safety system to result a record close to 100% operational excellence.

On top of that, Korean Air has received a total of 6 A330 Operational Excellence awards since the year 2000.

Korean Air, using A300-600s mainly for short-haul flights, currently has 8 A300-600 since the series was first introduced in Korean Air.

[Korean Air’s Awards Record from Airbus]