SEOUL, Feb. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Tuesday it shifted to a net profit in the fourth quarter as eased COVID-19 restrictions unleashed pent-up travel demand. The budget carrier swung to a net profit of 17.4 billion won (US$14 million) for the three months ended Dec. 31 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Monday it will expand flights to Vietnam and Laos in April after three years of their suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeju Air plans to resume services on the routes from Incheon to Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Tuesday it has partnered with an Indonesian airport operator to develop new routes to the Southeast Asian country. Jeju Air has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the state-run PT Angkasa Pura 1 (AP1) to develop new routes from [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s leading budget carrier, said Sunday the number of its flights on international routes bounced back to 70 percent of pre-pandemic levels last month. Jeju Air offered 3,057 flights on its international routes to carry 485,000 passengers in December, accounting for 70 percent of the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Tuesday it has resumed the Incheon-Nagoya route in two and a half years, as eased virus restrictions have unleashed pent-up travel demand. Jeju Air began to offer seven flights a week on the Nagoya route Tuesday. The route was suspended [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s leading budget carrier, said Sunday it has signed an initial pact with an Indonesian provincial government for a partnership to open a new route between the two countries. Jeju Air has signed a memorandum of understanding with North Sulawesi Province to explore opportunities to [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Tuesday it is targeting to turn around next year as eased virus restrictions unleash pent-up travel demand. Jeju Air posted net losses for three consecutive years through 2021 due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the airline industry. [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Wednesday it has joined a consortium to provide urban air mobility (UAM) services in efforts to find a new growth driver. Jeju Air and five others formed the consortium to participate in the transport ministry-led K-UAM Grand Challenge project in [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest carrier, said Monday it will resume the Busan-Singapore route next month as eased virus restrictions unleash pent-up demand. Jeju Air will offer two flights a week on the Singapore route from June 24 after it suspended the route 28 months ago due to [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co. has taken a string of measures to reduce carbon emissions, among others, replacing aircraft brakes to lower aircraft weight and washing aircraft engines. The South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier said Thursday that it had replaced the steel brakes on 24 planes, including four in 2019, five [...]