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Living in '1,000-won housing' while commuting to aviation & logistics jobs — steady employment secures the future

Young people settling in Incheon agreed that attracting youth requires abundant job opportunities and sustainable career prospects. Long-term policies fostering professional growth are essential beyond initial employment support.

2025. 03. 04Seoul Pn

NovaAir CEO Jongwon Han — Innovation born from the uncharted field of aviation turbulence prediction

Thousands of aviation turbulence incidents occur worldwide each year, growing in frequency and intensity due to climate change. Clear-air turbulence (CAT) strikes without warning and is undetectable by conventional instruments. NovaAir combines aircraft sensor data with statistical physics and AI to detect invisible turbulence in real time, serving as an 'invisible control tower' that enhances both safety and airline profitability.

2025. 03. 04Monthly People

NovaAir closes seed round with consecutive investments

NovaAir (NOVA AIR Co., Ltd.) announced the successful completion of its seed round after securing consecutive investments from VNTG, Incheon Center for Creative Economy & Innovation, and SRD Partners.

2026. 01. 20Money Today

NovaAir accelerates turbulence solutions with ETRI big data technology for airport, flight path, and weather data fusion

NovaAir has acquired ETRI's big data-based aviation risk analysis technology. CEO Jongwon Han secured the transfer of 'big data-based aviation risk precursor detection technology' from ETRI to accelerate turbulence response solutions.

2025. 12. 30Startup Daily

NovaAir predicts turbulence with flight data — 'We will build a forecasting system'

Research confirms that turbulence zones can be predicted through atmospheric flow analysis. NovaAir and Prof. Won's IAM LAB at Korea Aerospace University presented turbulence patterns analyzed from commercial flight vibration data, showing high correlation with convection and jet streams.

2025. 12. 10E-Daily

NovaAir raises 300M KRW investment from KST Holdings

NovaAir secured a 300M KRW strategic investment from KST Holdings at a 5B KRW pre-money valuation. Including this round, NovaAir is conducting a total seed round of 850M KRW.

2025. 11. 28Korea Economic Daily

Implementing AI without additional hardware — startups' 'low-cost' strategy

In the AI startup industry, delivering new solutions without additional hardware installation is emerging as a competitive advantage. The key market strategy lies in creatively leveraging the diverse capabilities of widely-used existing hardware.

2025. 08. 13E-Daily

[Incheon Technopark 2025 Rising Star] NovaAir — developing real-time aviation turbulence diagnosis and prediction solutions

NovaAir develops real-time aviation turbulence diagnosis and prediction solutions using aircraft vibration sensors. Founded in July 2024 by CEO Jongwon Han (26), a graduate of Hanseo University's Aviation Industrial Engineering department, the company is an aviation climate-tech startup aiming to create a world where anyone can fly safely and efficiently anywhere, anytime.

2025. 08. 07Korea Economic Daily Job&Joy

'Excited for COMEUP networking' — meeting startups and investors from 45 countries