SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Flights from Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport to Osaka and Taipei will resume later this week, the state-run airport operator here said Saturday, more than two years after the routes were suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. International flight routes between Seoul’s Gimpo and Osaka’s Kansai airports and between Gimpo [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The airline industry’s reopening of international routes has resulted in a shortage of aircraft, resulting in a reduction of flights on certain domestic routes. The weekly frequency of domestic flights linking Muan International Airport with Jeju International Airport and Gimpo International Airport is scheduled to be cut from the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of Koreans are bringing their dogs and cats with them when they travel by air. According to Korean Air Lines Co., 6,020 pets flew on its international flights and 12,775 pets travelled on domestic flights in the passenger cabin from January to August. During the same [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it will expand flights on its European routes later this month as eased virus restrictions unleash pent-up demand. Asiana Airlines will increase flights on the routes from Incheon to Frankfurt and London beginning May 28 and May 30, respectively, the [...]
NEW YORK, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Yesterday, at the Glasshouse Chelsea in New York, ITA Airways, the new Italian national carrier presented to representatives of the American and International press as well as business partners in the US market the new connections with the American hubs launched with the 2022 summer season. The Company [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — As flight travel is making a comeback, more people are choosing to fly longer distances rather than visiting close, neighboring countries for travel. Major online shopping malls Gmarket and Auction studied big data related to overseas travel package sales in the last 30 days (March 11 to April 10), [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Asiana Airlines Inc., South Korea’s second-biggest carrier, said Monday it will resume the Incheon-Rome route in June to meet pent-up demand amid eased virus curbs. Asiana plans to offer two flights a week to Rome from June 18 and gradually increase the number depending on demand, a company spokesperson [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it will help restore the number of inbound and outbound international flights to 50 percent of the 2019 level by the year’s end to meet pent-up travel demand amid eased virus curbs. Domestic and multinational airlines offered 4,714 international flights through Incheon International Airport and [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean national flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. said Tuesday it will suspend routes to Russia until the end of April due to safety concerns involving Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Korean Air will temporarily halt the operation of passenger jets to Moscow and Vladivostok, and cargo planes that [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s air traffic rose nearly 11 percent last year on increased domestic flights but international travel continued to falter amid the pandemic, data showed Sunday. Over 465,000 domestic and international flights flew over South Korea last year, up 10.8 percent from a year earlier, according to data from [...]