Customer Stories / Travel & Hospitality

2020

Korean Air: Ready to Innovate for the Next 50 Years with AWS

Hear how Korean Air is just getting started on their journey but is already launching game-changing projects such as using Amazon Sagemaker to help predict and preempt maintenance for its aircraft.

Korean Air is the South Korea's largest airline and the country's flag carrier. In the video below, Kenny Chang, EVP and CMO of Korean Air, discusses how—even while Korean Air celebrates its 50-year anniversary— the company is building on Amazon Web Services (AWS) with an eye towards the next 50 years of excellence. For example, Korean Air is starting on its journey by launching innovative projects with Amazon SageMaker to help predict and preempt maintenance for its fleet of aircraft.

Learn more about AWS for travel and hospitality at aws.amazon.com/travel-and-hospitality.

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We decided to go all-in with AWS for the next 50 years of becoming the most loved airliner."

Kenny Chang
EVP and CMO, Korean Air

AWS Services Used

Amazon SageMaker

Build, train, and deploy machine learning (ML) models for any use case with fully managed infrastructure, tools, and workflows

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