Korean Air Plants Mongolia's 21 Years of Planting Activities with Asiana Airlines

May 30, 2025

Korean Air will carry out planting activities in the 'Korean Air Forest' located in Baganorgu, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, for a total of two weeks from May 19th. In particular, more than 260 new and leading employees of Korean Air and Asiana Airlines participated together this year, adding significance.

Korean Air Plants Mongolia's 21 Years of Planting Activities with Asiana Airlines
[Photo provided by Korean Air - Asiana Airlines Mongolian afforestation activities



Employees of both companies work together in all schedules. Korean Air employees will also board Asiana Airlines flights and Asiana Airlines employees will board Korean Air flights. Through this, the employees of both companies, who will soon become one family, were considered to understand and cooperate with each other.

Planting activities began with drinking water for two pine trees in the Mongolian Korean Air forest, wishing for the development and prosperity of both companies. Since then, executives and employees of both companies have joined forces to plant trees and help them grow. The team was divided into drinking water to plant seedlings in the field and pruning to thin out unnecessary branches.




Along with creating forests, Korean Air has actively worked to improve the educational environment in Mongolia. To commemorate the upcoming Mongolian Children's Day (June 1), Korean Air has newly installed a children's playground inside the Korean Air Forest. It created a safer play area so that local children can freely run around in and out of the forest. Employees of both companies directly checked the safety of the new playground, renewed the paint, and helped finish the work.

He also volunteered to donate talent to local communities. Executives from both companies visited Mongolia's Gungalutai National School and Volovsrol National School near Baganorgu, and held Korean, English, and aeronautical engineering classes, respectively, to conduct hands-on classes involving local students. These schools are some of the educational institutions that Korean Air donated computer classes for learning to promote friendship between Korea and Mongolia. Since 2013, Korean Air has provided a place for computer education to Mongolian students who are poor in informatization.

An official of Korean Air said "Korean Air has been continuing Mongolian planting activities for the past 21 years to prevent desertification in Mongolia."As a global airline, we will continue to carry out various social contribution activities that fulfill our corporate social responsibilities and give hope to places in need."




Meanwhile, Korean Air has been working on a global planting project to create forests in the desertified area of Mongolia since 2004. Every May, new Korean Air employees visit Baganor District in Mongolia to create urban windbreak forests to prevent desertification and yellow dust. Created through this, 'Korean Air Forest' has grown into a dense forest measuring 44 hectares (hectare), twice the size of Yeouido Park in Seoul in 21 years. Currently, a total of 12 species of trees that can grow well in harsh environments, such as poplar, bisul tree, and vitamin tree (chargan), are growing. The Korean Air Forest serves as a windproof forest to prevent dust and dust from the coal mine and helps local residents in Baganor-gu.

Korean Air Plants Mongolia's 21 Years of Planting Activities with Asiana Airlines
Mongolian desertification prevention planting activity for 21 years


This article was translated by Naver AI translator.