Samsung charter lands in Seattle the week of Jensen Huang's South Korea visit

Samsung flew from Flin Flon, Manitoba (CYFO) to Seattle's Boeing Field (KBFI) on June 15, a two-hour hop in a 787-8 BBJ owned by the Korean Air VIP charter unit the conglomerate uses for executive travel. The aircraft had been tracing an unusual path across Europe and North America since early June, stopping near Geneva, Rome, the Azores, New York, and Chicago before landing in central Canada.

The same week Samsung touches down in Seattle, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is wrapping up a five-day visit to South Korea that, per an MK report on June 8, included a one-on-one meeting with Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jun Young-hyun to negotiate next-generation HBM4 supply and foundry cooperation for AI chips. Huang's visit has been described by the Seoul Economic Daily as signaling "deep trust" with the Samsung group. Meanwhile, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is scheduled to arrive in Korea on June 14 for meetings with Samsung's co-CEOs and its DX division, as covered by BusinessKorea on June 11.

The flight pattern suggests Samsung's top leadership may be routing through Seattle — a common gateway for Pacific crossings — before returning to Incheon, or possibly stopping for business connected to the wider Microsoft-AI ecosystem centered near Boeing Field. The recent weeks of travel across multiple continents reflect the breakneck pace of AI infrastructure deal-making for which Samsung's foundry and memory businesses are now central suppliers.