SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Friday it will resume flights to Rome and Barcelona next month as travel demand grows amid eased virus curbs. It will operate three flights a week on the Incheon-Rome route starting Sept. 1 and three weekly flights on the Incheon-Barcelona [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, resumed its Incheon-Beijing route Saturday after suspending it for more than two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic. An Asiana plane carrying 141 passengers left Incheon International Airport in the morning and arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport, the company said. Before [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — An increasing number of airline workers who took leaves of absence are returning to work, thanks to the gradual return of international flights. Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, saw the proportion of employees who took leaves of absence slip to less than 20 percent this [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. is scheduled to freeze fuel surcharges on international routes in August despite high jet fuel prices, industry sources said Monday. Starting Aug. 1, South Korea’s leading air carrier will apply a 42,900 won (US$32.6) to 339,300 won surcharge on one-way tickets for international routes, depending [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, on Sunday resumed the Incheon-Sapporo route after more than two years of suspension, as pent-up travel demand was unleashed amid eased virus curbs. Korean Air said it will operate two flights a week on the Sapporo route starting from Sunday. [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) — After COVID-19 social distancing rules were lifted, South Korea’s major online travel and accommodation platforms have seen payments break records month after month. Industry tracker WiseApp conducted a survey of Korean consumers over 20 years of age to check the value of payments they had made at online travel [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — T’way Air, a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it has opened an Incheon-Mongolia route as pent-up travel demand is unleashed amid eased virus curbs. T’way Air has deployed a 347-seat A330-300 jet to provide three flights a week between Incheon, some 30 kilometers west of Seoul, and Ulaanbaatar [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, said Tuesday it will restore its international flights to half of the pre-pandemic levels by September as pent-up travel demand is unleashed amid eased virus curbs. Korean Air currently operates one-third of the 120 international flights it offered before the [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Once firmly on the path to recovery from the disruption brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the South Korean airline industry is now facing a crisis of being trapped in ‘three highs,’ a term describing high inflation, high exchange rates and high interest rates. The price of aircraft fuel [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. is set to impose record fuel surcharges on international routes in July amid soaring jet fuel prices, industry sources said Thursday. Starting July 1, South Korea’s top air carrier will apply a 42,900 won (US$33.30) to 339,300 won surcharge to one-way tickets on international routes, [...]