BUSAN, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A Jin Air airplane bound for Vietnam returned home shortly after takeoff from the southeastern port city of Busan due to a bird strike, industry officials said Friday. The airplane departed Gimhae International Airport in Busan, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, for Nha Trang at 7:55 p.m. Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co. a low-cost carrier subsidiary of industry leader Korean Air Co., said Friday it has acquired a new B737-8 aircraft to bring its total fleet volume to 31 units. Jin Air said the addition marks the company’s fourth new plane acquisition of the year. The company’s fleet [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean budget airline Jin Air Co. said Wednesday it posted record earnings in 2023 on strong demand, shaking off the fallout of the coronavirus outbreak. Net income came to an all-time high of 135.8 billion won (US$101 million) on a separate basis last year, the first black ink [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co., the low-cost carrier unit of Korean Air Co., said Friday it will open the Incheon-Nagoya route in September on growing travel demand to Japan. Jin Air plans to provide two flights a day on the Nagoya route from Sept. 15, the company said in a statement. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Friday it will open the Busan-Kota Kinabalu route next month as travel demand recovers amid eased COVID-19 virus curbs. Jin Air will operate a 189-seat B737-800 on the route and provide seven flights a week starting [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Friday it is resuming the operation of its mid-to-large B777-200ER airplane starting this weekend to meet growing travel demand amid eased COVID-19 restrictions. The aircraft will be added to the Gimpo-Jeju route Sunday, about 16 months [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Jin Air Co., the budget carrier unit of Korean Air Lines Co., said Monday it has begun transporting cargo to the United States to survive the coronavirus pandemic. Jin Air has become the country’s first low-cost carrier to deliver cargo to the U.S. Jin Air delivered 23 tons of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jin Air Co. said Monday it will begin operating a passenger plane converted to carry cargo to offset a sharp decline in air travel demand amid the coronavirus pandemic. Jin Air plans to deploy the B777-200ER jet, which has been converted into a cargo plane under approval from the [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — Jin Air Co. and other low-cost carriers plan to resume flights on some international routes next month to cater to incoming passengers and meet cargo-carrying demand. Jin Air plans to restart flight services on routes from Incheon to Bangkok, Taipei, Narita, Osaka and Vietnam on June 1, to bring [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Tuesday lifted a ban on Jin Air Co. on offering new air routes amid the coronavirus outbreak that has hit the global airline industry. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has also allowed the budget carrier to register new airplanes and to provide non-regular flights. [...]