The service will begin on Feb. 10 with flights departing at 10:45 a.m. and arriving in Cebu at 2:05 p.m. every day. South Korea’s leading budget carrier has been expanding air routes to 10 cities in six countries from Gimhae International Airport since 2011. The destinations include Bangkok, Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Okinawa, Taipei, Guam and Saipan. Jeju Air flew 1.01 million passengers abroad from Gimhae International Airport last year, up 43.5 percent from a year earlier. The number represents 11.6 percent of the total passengers who flew abroad from Gimhae International Airport last year. “We are planning to expand new international routes from Gimhae International Airport,” a Jeju Air official said. Jeju Air also said it will increase the number of planes in its fleet to 39 this year. The airline added its 31st plane by leasing a 189-seat B737-800 jet last month to strengthen services on routes to Jeju Island and Southeast Asian countries during the winter season. Helped by route diversification and more planes, Jeju Air’s net profit jumped 13 percent to 32.1 billion won (US$29 million) in the July-September period last year from 28.5 billion won a year earlier. Source from the Yonhap.
VN Air launches daily HCMC-Thanh Hoa services Le Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Vietnam Airlines Corporation (VNA) has launched daily air services between HCMC and the north-central province of Thanh Hoa, instead of five flights a week as before, according to an executive of the national flag carrier. Given rising travel demand between Thanh Hoa and HCMC, Vietnam Airlines has decided to run daily flights between the localities. The flights depart from HCMC at 11a.m. and from Thanh Hoa at 1:50p.m, taking one hour and fifty minutes each. The air carrier offers many promotions…... [read more]
Korean Air launches Seoul-Danang service By Mong Binh - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC - Korean Air has commenced direct flights between Incheon International Airport in the South Korean city of Seoul and Vietnam’s central coastal city of Danang, which is the airline’s third destination in Vietnam. Korean Air uses its Boeing B737-800 aircraft configured with some 145 seats for the two weekly flights to Danang on Thursdays and Sundays. The Seoul-Danang service has brought Korean Air’s number of weekly flights to Vietnam to nearly 20, including 11 for Tan Son Nhat International Airport in HCMC and seven for Noi…... [read more]
The Republic of Korea’s Jeju Air opened its new direct air route Hanoi-Incheon-Hanoi in last December.As scheduled, a daily flight departs at Noi Bai International Airport for Incheon at 2.25pm with Boeing 737-800 aircraft.Established in 2005, Jeju Air is a low cost airline based out of Jeju City. It offers domestic routes between Jeju and the Republic of Korean mainland out of Jeju International Airport or Gimpo International Airport, Seoul. The carrier has recently developed international air routes.In addition, Jeju Air and Trung Nguyen coffee group have cooperated to advertise and serve Trung Nguyen’s products on Korean carrier’s flights.By My…... [read more]
Japanese low-cost airline Vanilla Air marked its Vietnam entry on Thursday with a flight from Tokyo to Ho Chi Minh City. The daily return service between Narita and Tan Son Nhat airports has a stop in Taipei. Mio Yamamuro, deputy general director of Vanilla Air, said at a press conference that the carrier has witnessed a travel boom between Ho Chi Minh City and destinations in Taiwan and Japan. It has decided to use the city as a hub before expanding further in Southeast Asia. Vanilla Air, a unit of ANA Holdings, now operates four flights from Tokyo to Taipei…... [read more]
The Boeing 737-800 aircraft will depart from Noi Bai International Airport for Incheon International Airport at 2.25pm every day.Vietnamese visitors to RoK totalled 130,065 in the first 11 months of 2014, an increase of 19 per cent over the same period last year.Jeju Air and four other airlines -- Vietnam Airlines, VietJetair, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines -- provide direct flights between the two countries.Established in 2005, Jeju Air is a low-cost airline that mainly carried passengers from other destinations in South Korea to Jeju Island. Now the airline operates both domestic and international flights. Source VNS... [read more]
