Jeju Air Subsidiary JAS 4th Anniversary... "Handled 130,000 Flights Operations"
Service Provided at a Total of 10 Branches
[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Jeju Air announced on the 3rd that Jeju Air Service (JAS), established to enhance service quality and create a stable operating environment through in-house ground handling, celebrated its 4th anniversary on the 30th of last month.
JAS was launched in January 2018 as the third subsidiary of a Korean airline to perform comprehensive ground handling services, including passenger services and cargo handling. It provides services for Jeju Air such as △passenger ticketing and check-in services △ramp baggage services △refueling services △equipment maintenance services.
JAS's ground handling operations began in 2018 at Incheon, Gimpo, and Gimhae airports, and later expanded to Daegu, Gwangju, Muan, Yeosu, and Gunsan airports. Last year, branches at Jeju Airport and Cheongju Airport were added, bringing the total to 10 branches providing services. JAS now handles ground services at all domestic airports where Jeju Air operates.
Additionally, by taking on Jeju Air's ground handling operations at Jeju and Cheongju airports last year, JAS has continuously created jobs in these regions, hiring over 160 new employees. The number of employees nearly doubled from 332 at the company's inception to 634.
Over the past four years, JAS has supported air travel by handling approximately 131,000 flights, including about 129,500 Jeju Air flights and 1,500 flights of foreign and domestic airlines, across 10 airports.
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A Jeju Air official stated, “Through direct operation by JAS, we are striving to establish a stable operating environment for aircraft and maintain the quality of customer service related to air transportation, including rapid response to abnormal situations and passenger handling. Although ground handling for foreign airlines operating domestically has been temporarily suspended due to COVID-19, we plan to gradually resume ground handling for foreign airlines and expand business scope to include cargo handling in line with the phased recovery of daily life.”
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