Cho Won-tae (born 25 January 1976), also known as Walter Cho, is a South Korean businessman. Walter Cho is the chairman and chief executive officer of Hanjin Group and Korean Air. He is a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) board of governors and chairman of the SkyTeam Alliance Board.
Cho remained an involved leader throughout the pandemic, volunteering to join a repatriation flight to Wuhan, the epicenter of the pandemic, to support the cabin crew soon after the COVID outbreak.[23][24] He also joined employees and executives to manually clean and disinfect an aircraft in an event to assure the public of cabin safety amid the pandemic.[23][25]
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Cho has been widely recognized for successfully navigating the COVID-19 pandemic.[16] He led Korean Air to pivot to its cargo operations when passenger operations nearly came to a halt due to COVID restrictions; the airline operated cargo-only flights on passenger routes and converted some passenger jets into freighters.[17][18] These efforts helped the airline to achieve an operating profit throughout the pandemic, and a record-high operating profit and net profit in 2021.[19][20] Korean Air was named both 2021 Airline of the Year and 2022 Cargo Operator of the Year by Air Transport World.[21] The airline was also recognized as AirlineRatings.com's 2022 Cargo Airline of the Year and ranked fourth in their top 20 airlines.[22][17]