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Airlines See Spike in Int’l Passenger Numbers in Q1 amid Border Reopenings

Airlines See Spike in Int’l Passenger Numbers in Q1 amid Border Reopenings

SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean air carriers saw the number of international passengers spike sixteenfold in the first quarter from a year earlier, driven by a surge in demand amid border reopenings, government data showed Sunday. The number of passengers that used international flights operated by Korean Air Lines Co., Asiana Airlines [...]

Jeju Air to Resume Incheon-Qingdao Route After 3-year Suspension amid Pandemic

Jeju Air to Resume Incheon-Qingdao Route After 3-year Suspension amid Pandemic

SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s leading low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it will resume the Incheon-Qingdao route later this month after three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeju Air plans to provide flights to Qingdao on a daily basis starting April 30, while expanding flights from Incheon [...]

Eastar Resumes Flight Operations After Pandemic-driven Hiatus, Takeover Fallout

Eastar Resumes Flight Operations After Pandemic-driven Hiatus, Takeover Fallout

SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Eastar Jet Co., a South Korean budget carrier, said Sunday it resumed flights starting with a domestic route, three years after it suspended operations amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and a court-led restructuring. It resumed 20 flights between Gimpo, west of Seoul, and the southernmost island of Jeju, including [...]

S. Korean Startup Innospace Announces Successful Test Launch of Space Vehicle HANBIT-TLV

S. Korean Startup Innospace Announces Successful Test Launch of Space Vehicle HANBIT-TLV

SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Innospace, a South Korean space startup, said Tuesday its suborbital test launch vehicle, HANBIT-TLV, has made a successful flight, marking the country’s first civilian-made space rocket. The 8.4-ton thrust single stage hybrid rocket was fired from the Alcantara Space Center in northern Brazil at 2:52 p.m. Sunday (local time), [...]

SpaceX Sets Up Subsidiary in S. Korea for Starlink Service

SpaceX Sets Up Subsidiary in S. Korea for Starlink Service

SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. space firm SpaceX has set up a subsidiary in Seoul to launch satellite internet services using Starlink here, industry sources said Thursday. SpaceX established Starlink Korea LLC on March 8, and Lauren Ashley Dreyer, SpaceX’s senior director of Starlink business operations, has been appointed as representative, according to [...]

Korean Air Releases Upcycled Pouches Using Cabin Life Vests

Korean Air Releases Upcycled Pouches Using Cabin Life Vests

SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s national flag carrier, announced on Monday the launch of eco-friendly cosmetics pouches made from upcycled life vests. The company released a limited number of cosmetics pouches in collaboration with local beauty brand 107. The upcycled pouches consist of a facial cleanser, a face mist, [...]