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Chaos at Jeju Airport Caused by Unreasonable Countermeasures of Low-Cost Airlines

JEJU, Jan.27 (Korea Bizwire) – Passengers were held ‘hostage’ at the Jeju airport as low-cost airlines were failing in efficiently boarding passengers on their flights. The lines in front of the low-cost airline counters were not getting any shorter. The chaos was created when low-cost airlines gave out waiting number tickets to the passengers randomly [...]

Low-cost Carriers Fret over Asiana’s Plan to Launch Its Budget Carrier Business

SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s budget carriers are taking joint actions against the country’s No. 2 flag carrier Asiana Airlines Inc.’s move to start another low-cost airline this year, citing negative effects on the industry they say is near saturation. Jeju Air Co., the country’s top budget carrier, as well as Eastar [...]