Korean Air , South Korea ’ s largest air carrier , is gearing up to attract customers of the Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) which are extending outstanding economic growth every year . Korean Air earlier this month has added a website for CIS customers provided in the Russian language to the company ’ s official website ( www . koreanair . com ) . The airline company has launched a website service for CIS countries on the growth of Russian and Kazakhstani markets and surging air traffic demand boosted by South Korea ’ s rising bilateral trades with Russia and Uzbekistan . Korean Air ’ s sales from the CIS region have annually grown more than 15 percent from $ 30 million in 2006 to $ 36 . 3 million in 2007 , and $ 46 . 5 million in 2008 . Coming into this year , the figure stood at $ 30 million between the January and September period . Furthermore , recently enhancing e - business environment on the back of rising Internet usages led by the Russian speaking countries ’ reinforcement of information technology ( IT ) infrastructure is another backdrop of launching a Russian website . Newly added Russian website offers the same services provided in official website in three languages , Russian , English and Korean , which are flight booking , ticketing , mileage check , news , updates on promotion , travel information and seating assignments . Korean is currently operating services to three CIS destinations for three times a week between Incheon - Moscow , Incheon - Vladivostok and Inchecon - Tashkent . [ written by Seung - chul Park , translated by Ye - sol Yi , edited by JYJ ] [ ⓒ Maeil Business Newspaper & mk . co . kr , All rights reserved ]