Группа Самсунг решила расстаться со своим авиапарком самолетов и вертолетов. Ранее принадлежавший президенту группы самолет будет продан экс-президенту США Джорджу Бушу. Остальные скорее всего купит Korean Air.


Former U.S. President George W. Bush will be the last passenger of a private jet the Samsung Group plans to sell off to Korean Air later this month.

Samsung bought the jet for its chairman Lee Kun-hee, but he has been in a coma since last May.

Industry sources on Wednesday said Bush will use the jet when he visits Korea next Tuesday for the opening of the 2015 Presidents Cup golf tournament.

The tournament, which pits U.S. and other international male pro golfers against each other, opens in Incheon on Oct. 8.

Bush was governor of Texas when Samsung built a semiconductor plant in Austin in the late 1990s. At the time, Bush offered Samsung tax breaks and attended the ground-breaking ceremony for the plant.

One source in the Korean business community said, "Samsung decided to offer the private jet to Bush because of their long-standing relationship."

The B737-700 is among three private passenger planes the conglomerate owns. The aircraft cost around W85 billion (US$1=W1,184). It also owns seven helicopters.

But now it wants to sell all of the planes and six of the helicopters to Korean Air. The remaining helicopter is being used by Samsung Medical Center.