SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., the embattled low-cost carrier facing intense scrutiny over a recent aircraft crash that claimed 179 lives, said Tuesday it plans to cut 188 international flights departing from Busan in the first quarter, with a total operational reduction plan to be finalized this week. Following the tragic Dec. 29 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Air Co., the embattled low-cost carrier (LCC) facing intense scrutiny over a recent aircraft crash that claimed 179 lives, recorded the largest number of flight delays among domestic airlines due to maintenance during the first half of 2024, government data showed Monday. According to the data from the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is set to complete handing over all 179 bodies of the deadly Jeju Air plane crash victims to their families and relatives Monday, acting Interior Minister Ko Ki-dong said. Ko made the remark at a government response meeting, saying that search and recovery efforts at the crash [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Funerals for five more victims of the fatal Jeju Air plane crash were held in the southwestern city of Gwangju and nearby areas on Friday, after the first four of the 179 victims killed in Sunday’s disaster were laid to rest in services the previous day. Grieving bereaved families [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok directed the government on Thursday to expedite the provision of emergency living expenses to the families of victims of the tragic plane crash that claimed 179 lives. Choi’s order comes after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, belly-landed and exploded at an airport in [...]
GWANGJU, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The first funeral for the victims of the fatal Jeju Air plane crash was held Thursday, five days after the disaster at Muan International Airport in southwestern South Korea claimed the lives of 179 people. The first funeral for the victim, whose identity was withheld, occurred at a funeral [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Police on Thursday raided Muan International Airport, the office of Jeju Air and other locations over the airline’s deadly crash that killed 179 people. The Jeonnam Provincial Police conducted search and seizure operations into the airport in southwest South Korea, the Seoul office of Jeju Air and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Concerns are mounting within the low-cost carrier (LCC) industry that the image of budget airlines could be tarnished in the wake of the recent Jeju Air crash, according to industry watchers Tuesday, with industry players fearing a decline in demand for air travel. “It’s a somber atmosphere across the entire [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Acting President Choi Sang-mok on Tuesday directed the government to address necessary improvements to the airline operation system, as the country mourns a tragic plane crash that claimed 179 lives. Choi’s order comes after the Jeju Air plane, carrying 181 people, belly-landed and exploded at an airport in the [...]
MUAN, South Korea, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of 174 of the 179 people killed in this week’s Jeju Air plane crash have tentatively been identified, the land ministry said Tuesday. During a briefing for victims’ families at Muan International Airport in the county 288 kilometers south of Seoul, the ministry said it [...]