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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Sunday it will bring in a cargo plane in the first half of this year to ride out the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Jeju Air signed a lease agreement to begin operating a cargo plane for the first time among local [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest low-cost carrier, said Monday it will adopt a cargo plane for the first time among local LCCs to ride out the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic. Jeju Air plans to begin operating a cargo plane in the first half of this year to offset a [...]
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. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Tuesday it will launch charter flights to Chiang Mai next month for tourists to enjoy golf courses in Thailand. Jeju Air said it will operate a flight every Friday on the Incheon-Chiang Mai route starting on Nov. 5. The scheduled [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier, said Thursday it will raise 127 billion won (US$107 million) by selling stocks in preparation for the post-coronavirus era. Jeju Air plans to issue 11.26 million shares at 18,350 won per share to employees and existing shareholders from Oct. 18-19 and [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., South Korea’s biggest budget carrier by sales, said Tuesday it has resumed flights to Saipan in a preemptive measure to absorb post-coronavirus travel demand. Jeju Air started to provide one flight a week on the Incheon-Saipan route on the day following permission from the transport ministry, [...]