Korean Air Launches Generative AI Chatbot Across Web and App

Korean Air rolled out the “Korean Air AI Chatbot,” a generative AI customer-support tool integrated into its website and mobile app.

How it works

The airline says it interprets traveler intent in real time, so a passenger can ask a natural-language question about a specific itinerary (like baggage allowance on an Incheon–Paris economy ticket) and get a tailored answer. Korean Air adds that responses include source citations and links to the underlying policy pages.

What it signals for digital customer service in aviation

Airlines are accelerating the shift of routine service, such as baggage rules, policy checks, and disruption guidance, into faster, self-serve digital channels.

Korean Air’s focus on citations and a verification database highlights the industry’s core challenge with generative AI: accuracy and trust, especially when answers can affect fees or airport outcomes.

Languages, human handoff, and what comes next

The chatbot launches in 13 languages, expanding from four (Korean, English, Simplified Chinese, Japanese) to add Traditional Chinese, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Thai, and Vietnamese.

Korean Air says typing “connect to an agent” opens a live chat with a representative in the same window (currently in Korean and English). Next, the airline plans phased upgrades to add ticket purchasing and reservation management.

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