JEJU, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Flights to the southern resort island of Jeju are being overbooked as travelers are lining up to visit the popular vacation destination. Airline sources reported that reservations for flights bound to Jeju have reached 80 to 90 percent capacity both on weekdays and weekends as the ‘With Corona’ policy, or a phase-by-phase transition [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Friday it is resuming flights to Bangkok starting later next month on the back of eased entry curbs in the Southeast Asian country. Jeju Air will operate four flights per week for the Incheon-Bangkok route from Dec. 22, about 18 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Friday it will resume flights to Guam later this month amid the country’s accelerating vaccination campaign. Jeju Air plans to operate 38 flights on the Incheon-Guam route from Nov. 25 to Jan. 31 before it begins regular flights, depending on [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Wednesday it will resume flights to Hawaii next month after suspending the route for 19 months due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Korean Air made the decision to preemptively prepare for the post-pandemic travel demand as the government plans to adopt [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – It has been a year and a half since Gimpo International Airport shut down all international flights following the coronavirus outbreak, and the pandemic continues to rage on. The international flight terminal has been emptied, with 18 out of 19 duty-free shops and restaurants at the terminal temporarily closed [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s 10th budget carrier Air Premia Co. on Wednesday began services on the Gimpo-Jeju route to meet local travel demand amid the extended COVID-19 pandemic. Last month, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport issued an air operator certificate to Air Premia to allow the carrier to use [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 400 South Korean residents in India will return home this week via non-scheduled flights authorized by the government, health authorities here said Monday, as they plan to safely transport the nation’s citizens from the coronavirus-hit country. The authorities said a Vistara flight carrying 173 people, including workers of [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will lift a ban on direct flights from Britain on a limited basis from next month for the convenience of Korean residents living in the European nation, the transport ministry said Monday. South Korea has banned passenger flights arriving from Britain since Dec. 23 to block a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s health authorities said Tuesday that the ban on flights from Britain will be extended by one week again and arrivals from Brazil will have to prove that they are virus-free as the country stepped up measures against new coronavirus variants that are known to be more transmissible. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it will suspend flights arriving from Britain until the end of this year over concerns about a new strain of the novel coronavirus. The country’s diplomatic missions in Britain will suspend issuing quarantine-waiver documents so as to place all arrivals from the European nation in [...]