Airlines Increasing International Flights in May

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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Airlines are increasing the frequency of international flights. They are working to restore air routes.

According to the aviation industry on the 1st, Asiana Airlines will increase flights on routes to the Americas, Australia, and Asia by 18 times per week this month. The Incheon?Los Angeles route will increase by 4 flights per week, restoring the pre-COVID-19 schedule of twice daily flights. The Incheon?Sydney route, which previously operated twice weekly, has been increased to three times weekly. From July, it is planned to increase to four times weekly.

The Incheon?Osaka route will increase by 2 flights per week to operate once daily. The Incheon?Fukuoka route will increase by one flight per week to operate three times weekly. The Incheon?Hanoi route will increase from 6 to 7 times weekly, Incheon?Phnom Penh from 5 to 7 times weekly, and Incheon?Ho Chi Minh and Manila from 7 to 10 times weekly. Additionally, from the 29th, the Delhi, India route will resume once-weekly operations. This marks the resumption of scheduled flights about 33 months after suspending operations on July 8, 2019.

Along with this, Jeju Air plans to operate 174 flights on 14 international routes including Incheon?Cebu and Incheon?Clark this month. The number of routes increases by 75% from 8 to 14, and the number of flights increases by 98% from 88 to 174. By region, Oceania will have 68 flights, Southeast Asia including the Philippines 58 flights, Japan 34 flights, and China 14 flights. New routes will be operated to Southeast Asia’s representative resorts such as Da Nang and Nha Trang in Vietnam, Bohol in the Philippines, and Kota Kinabalu in Malaysia.

T’way Air operates routes from Incheon to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh, Da Nang, and Singapore. Routes to Guam and Saipan will also increase to three times weekly. Jin Air will operate routes next month including Incheon?Osaka, Bangkok, Clark, Kota Kinabalu, and Busan?Guam, Da Nang, Bangkok. Additionally, Air Seoul will resume operations on Vietnam’s Da Nang and Nha Trang routes in May and June.

This increase is interpreted as a result of the government’s decision to increase international flights. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will increase international flights by 100 times weekly starting today. The existing 420 flights per week will increase to 520 from May. Then, from July, it will increase by 300 flights weekly, aiming to restore up to 2,420 flights weekly by the end of this year.

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