SEOUL, July 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Lufthansa Group Airlines, Europe’s biggest airline group, will increase the number of flights between Incheon and German cities, as the new coronavirus outbreak in Europe appears to have passed its peak, a Lufthansa executive said. Lufthansa resumed three flights a week from Incheon to Munich on June 24, as [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is in talks with China to increase the number of flights to the country to 10 a week mainly to meet travel demand from businessmen, the transport ministry said Sunday. Korean airlines currently serve three routes from Incheon to Chinese cities and plan to resume flights on [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government said Sunday that it will strengthen visa and entry restrictions for those from Pakistan and Bangladesh from this week, as the country has recently reported a surge in novel coronavirus cases imported from the two nations. Under the precautionary measures, set to take effect from [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean airlines are facing further challenges after the government imposed stricter entry restrictions to fight the spreading coronavirus outbreak. Korean Air Co., South Korea’s biggest airline and national flag carrier, said Monday it will temporarily suspend all flights on the Incheon-Beijing route from Saturday to April 25, leaving [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean low-cost carrier Eastar Jet Co. will shut down all of its flights, company officials said Saturday, amid a travel slump triggered by the novel coronavirus pandemic. Eastar Jet will halt operation of its domestic flights from Tuesday to April 25, according to the officials. The budget carrier [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean airlines are halting more flights as countries imposed more entry restrictions in their fight against the spread of the novel coronavirus. Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s biggest airline and national flag carrier, said Thursday it will begin reducing the number of flights to three per week [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — No international flights operated at Gimpo International Airport in western Seoul on Thursday amid concerns about the new coronavirus. The airport used to operate five international routes, but following the COVID-19 outbreak the number was reduced to two. One line connecting to Shanghai is run by China Eastern Airlines, [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Passenger numbers on commercial airline flights between South Korea and Japan plummeted on Monday, as the two countries began enforcing entry restrictions against each other’s citizens over new coronavirus concerns. Japan suspended its visa waiver program for South Koreans, effective Monday morning, and started asking them to stay at [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two full-service carriers said Wednesday that they will temporarily suspend or reduce most of their flights to the United States and Europe due to declining air travel demand amid the spreading coronavirus outbreak. The move comes as an increasing number of people opt not to travel amid [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., the country’s biggest airline by sales, said Friday it will reduce flights on U.S. routes next month and use smaller planes due to declining demand amid the spread of the new coronavirus. Korean Air will temporarily reduce the number of flights on the routes from [...]