Government Plans to Deploy Korean Air and Asiana Cargo Planes for Urea Solution Transport

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] To resolve the shortage of urea solution caused by disruptions from China, the government is promoting a plan to transport urea solution using cargo planes from Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.

According to the industry on the 8th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport is currently checking the possibility of charter flights for transporting urea and urea solution with Korean Air and Asiana Airlines.

Earlier, the government announced that it would mobilize all available diplomatic channels to quickly import supplies from major urea and urea solution producing countries. This week, they plan to import 20,000 liters of urea solution from Australia using Air Force transport planes and are also negotiating imports with Southeast Asian countries such as Vietnam and Indonesia, as well as Russia and the United States.

Initially, 20,000 liters of urea solution will be urgently transported from Australia by military aircraft, but as import volumes increase in the future, relying solely on military transport planes will have limitations, so the option of deploying commercial aircraft is being considered.

Korean Air already operates cargo routes to the relevant countries, so it is expected that once imports are decided, they will be able to promptly begin transportation.

However, the actual availability of commercial aircraft supply remains uncertain. Both Korean Air and Asiana Airlines are focusing on increasing the utilization rate of their large cargo fleets, and currently do not have the capacity to convert passenger planes into cargo planes for operation.

An aviation industry official said, "The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has requested confirmation of cargo route schedules," adding, "We plan to cooperate as much as possible as the situation allows."

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