SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., the budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Tuesday it will resume flights to the Chinese city of Qingdao in mid-October to meet travel demand from businessmen. Air Busan plans to offer one flight a week on the Busan-Qingdao route from Oct. 15 after suspending [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., said Monday it will open five new routes as part of a diversification strategy. Air Busan plans to begin services on routes from Incheon to Ningbo, a sub-provincial city in northeast Zhejiang province, Nov. 12 and Shenzhen, a [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., began Monday to implement an electronic system to have its flight crew, mechanics and other employees involved in its core aviation operations take a self-administered breath alcohol test before flights or ground service, the company said. All of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a South Korean low-cost carrier, said Monday it will enhance its operating system to prevent employees from working under the influence of alcohol this year. Pilots, flight attendants, aircraft maintenance managers and mechanics will be checked for alcohol levels before they report to work, the company [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co. announced on January 10 that it will no longer provide free airline meals to international passengers on board from April 1. Air Busan has been offering free meals on international flights that run for more than 2 hours and 30 minutes, except for flights departing from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Air Busan Co. on Friday began a temporary flight service connecting the southern port city of Busan to Singapore, a first for the low-cost carrier. It said the flights will leave Gimhae International Airport at 6:15 p.m. on Tuesday and Friday, and arrive at Singapore around 11:15 p.m. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s airlines will hire more than 3,500 workers this year as they move to serve ever rising numbers of air passengers, industry sources said Wednesday. Korean Air Lines Co. said it will recruit more than 1,000 new workers, noting that it will fly 17 new flights this year. [...]
ULSAN, South Korea, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co. will fly its new CS300 aircraft on the Seoul-Ulsan route later this month, Ulsan city government said Wednesday. South Korea’s flagship carrier will fly two fuel-efficient 127-seat CS300s, manufactured by Canadian aircraft company Bombardier, on domestic routes linking Seoul to Ulsan, Pohang, Yeosu [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Air Busan Co., a South Korean budget carrier, said Friday it will add bigger planes to its fleet and build its own hangar in the next 10 years to meet growing demand for low-cost flights. In its mid-term strategy, Air Busan plans to introduce midsize passenger jets with 300 [...]
BUSAN, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Air Busan Co. said Friday it will launch charter flights to Vientiane later in the day. The budget carrier, which is an affiliate of Asiana Airlines Inc., will fly flights to the Laotian capital from Gimhae International Airport at 10:05 p.m. every Friday and Monday until Aug. 29. The [...]