SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — All international air routes operated by South Korea’s seven regional international airports have come back into service for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the airport operator said Tuesday. With the reopening of the route linking Cheongju International Airport in South Korea’s central region to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Temporary flights will start to operate this week to allow South Korean residents in China who returned here during COVID-19 outbreak to travel back to China, the government said Monday. Korean Air Lines Co. and Xiamen Airlines will operate a total seven flights from Incheon, west of Seoul, to [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has granted low-cost carriers (LCCs) rights to sharply increase the number of their flights on much sought-after routes to China, heralding stiffer competition with full-service rivals. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport decided Thursday to allow budget carriers to operate an additional 118 flights on 30 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Thailand have agreed to double the number of designated airlines on their bilateral routes as Seoul tackles declining travel demand from China, the transport ministry said Wednesday. At the aviation talks held in Busan, 450 kilometers south of Seoul, Koo Bon-hwan, director general of the Aviation [...]