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大韓航空の趙顕娥（チョ・ヒョナ）前副社長が自社機内で客室乗務員のナッツの出し方が間違っていると激怒し、航空機を引き返させた問題で、韓国政府は大韓航空の名称変更を検討する。大韓航空の名前が、あたかも韓国国営の航空会社のような印象を与えることが理由だという。12月17日、韓国の経済紙、マネートゥデイが報じた。
記事によると、政府高官の一人は「海外メディアでは、大韓航空が国営航空会社として紹介されている」としたうえで、「大韓航空は国営でも国策でもない航空会社であるだけに、（名称の変更に関する問題は）議論する余地がある」と話したという。さらにこの高官は「（韓国）国土交通省の特別安全診断チームの調査が終了したら、新たな再発防止対策を検討する」と述べ、「（名称変更の問題は）このなかで議論されるものと見られる」と付け加えた。
大韓航空はもともと1946年設立の大韓国民航空社を前身とする国営航空会社だったが、1969年に韓進（ハンジン）グループに買収され、民営化された。その際に名前も大韓航空に変更。正式に指定はされてはいないものの事実上のフラッグ・キャリアであったため、社名に国名をいれたり、ロゴに太極文様を使ったりしている。
CNNによると、韓国国民からは、趙前副社長は世界に恥をさらし韓国のイメージを悪くしたとの批判も出ており、大韓航空は「韓進航空」に名前を変更すべきとの声もあがっているという。
しかし、実際に名称変更を行うことは難しいという見方もある。政府が大韓航空と名付けたわけではないからだという。
（韓国）国土交通相の関係者は「政府が名称変更の検討をすることになっても、商標権法等の問題が発生する可能性がある」と述べた。
（「大韓航空」名称変更を検討 - マネートゥデイより 2014/12/17 05:45）
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, arrives at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the \"nut rage\" case.(AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, arrives at the Seoul Western District Court Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the \"nut rage\" case. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, second from right, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, arrives at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the \"nut rage\" case. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, is escorted by court officials as she leaves for Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office at the Seoul Western District Court Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the \"nut rage\" case. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, the former vice president of Korean Air, leaves for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, the former vice president of Korean Air, gets into a car to leave for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, top center, the former vice president of Korean Air, is surrounded by reporters before leaving for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, former vice president of Korean Air Lines, is escorted by court officials as she leaves for Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office at the Seoul Western District Court Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A Seoul court is expected to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for Cho, who resigned as vice president at the airline earlier this month amid mounting public criticism over the incident that she forced a flight to return over a bag of macadamia nuts and a current executive for attempts to cover up the \"nut rage\" case. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, the former vice president of Korean Air, leaves for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Cho Hyun-ah, center, the former vice president of Korean Air, gets into a car to leave for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Koea Korean Air Nut Rage(31 of37)
Cho Hyun-ah, top center, the former vice president of Korean Air, is surrounded by reporters before leaving for the prison at the Seoul Western District Prosecutors Office in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014. A South Korean court has approved the arrest of a former Korean Air Lines Co. executive who delayed a flight in what has widely been called \"nut rage.\" (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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South Korea Nut Rage(33 of37)
A bus carrying Cho Hyun-ah, former vice president of Korean Air Lines Co., parks shortly after arriving at the Seoul Western District Court building garage in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Feb. 2, 2015. Cho on trial after an inflight tantrum over a serving of nuts defended her actions as the result of devotion to work in the final day of testimony. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Nut Rage(34 of37)
Members of the media try to get pictures of Cho Hyun-ah, the former vice president of Korean Air Lines, outside of the Seoul Western District Court after her trial in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced Cho to a year in prison for aviation law violations that stemmed from her inflight tantrum over how she was served macadamia nuts. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Korean Air Nut Rage(35 of37)
Former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-ah, center, leaves the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 22, 2015. The upper court Friday sentenced Cho to 10 months in prison and then suspended the sentence for two years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Korean Air Nut Rage(36 of37)
Former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-ah, center, is surrounded by reporters at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 22, 2015. The upper court Friday sentenced Cho to 10 months in prison and then suspended the sentence for two years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
South Korea Korean Air Nut Rage(37 of37)
Former Korean Air executive Cho Hyun-ah, center, leaves the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 22, 2015. The upper court Friday sentenced Cho to 10 months in prison and then suspended the sentence for two years. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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