SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government said Monday it plans to conduct a safety inspection of all Boeing 737-800 aircraft operated by domestic airlines following a Jeju Air Co. plane crash that claimed 179 lives the previous day. In Sunday’s Jeju Air crash in the southwestern county of Muan, it is believed that all three [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A Jeju Air flight that took off in South Korea on Monday has returned to the airport of departure due to the same landing gear issue that was found in a deadly crash involving a separate aircraft of the same model the previous day, according to industry sources. Jeju Air Flight [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co. said Thursday it has started services on the Incheon-Oita route as it moves to absorb rapidly recovering air travel demand amid a nationwide move to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. Jeju Air, South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, will start providing three flights a week Tuesday, becoming the [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Air Co. said Thursday it will open routes from Incheon to Oita and Hiroshima to absorb rapidly recovering air travel demand amid a nationwide move to return to pre-pandemic normalcy. South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier will start services on the Incheon-Oita route on June 22 and the Incheon-Hiroshima [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s leading low-cost carrier, said Wednesday it will resume the Incheon-Qingdao route later this month after three years of suspension due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeju Air plans to provide flights to Qingdao on a daily basis starting April 30, while expanding flights from Incheon [...]
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 [...]