Korean Air Timeline

Events

• 2026-06-29 - Regulatory - Korean Air cleared for autonomous apron-inspection trials - The exemption covers cooperative drones and a ground robot operating in airport maintenance environments. Korean Air targets reducing external inspection from 8–12 hours to under one hour. South Korea granted a regulatory exemption allowing Korean Air to… - source: motir.go.kr
• 2026-06-24 - Demonstration - Korean Air demonstrates AI aircraft-inspection robotics system - The system combines autonomous data capture with AI defect analysis and maintenance reporting. The demonstration was presented at Korea’s 2026 transport-technology exhibition. Korean Air showed a coordinated drone-and-rover maintenance system that detects… - source: news.koreanair.com