Korean Air will increase capacity by resuming and adding services to China, and increasing frequencies on select routes to Japan to meet rising demand.
The airline will resume its Busan-Shanghai Pudong and Jeju-Beijing routes with daily flights starting July 1. Additionally, the Seoul Incheon-Hefei service will resume with five weekly flights from August 19, the Busan-Beijing route with six weekly flights starting September 16, and the Seoul Incheon-Kunming service with four weekly flights from October 14.
Select routes will also see an increase in flight frequencies. The Seoul Incheon-Yanji route will increase to daily flights from four weekly flights starting June 1. The Seoul Incheon-Dalian route will temporarily see an increase by four flights to 11 weekly flights from July 1 to September 15. The daily Seoul Incheon-Tianjin route will increase to two daily flights from August 5 to October 20.
Additionally, the Seoul Incheon-Ulaanbaatar route will be increased by two flights, to operate eight weekly flights from June 1 to September 30.
| Routes Resumed | Frequency Change | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Busan-Shanghai Pudong | Daily (From 7/1) | Seoul Incheon-Yanji | 4/W → Daily (From 6/1) |
| Jeju-Beijing | Seoul Incheon-Dalian | 7/W → 11/W (7/1 – 9/15) | |
| Seoul Incheon-Hefei | 5/W (From 8/19) | Seoul Incheon-Tianjin | Daily → 2 Daily (8/5 – 10/20) |
| Busan-Beijing | 6/W (From 9/16) | Seoul Incheon-Ulaanbaatar | 6/W → 8/W (6/1 – 9/30) |
| Seoul Incheon-Kunming | 4/W (From 10/14) | Seoul Incheon-Okayama | 3/W → 5/W (From 8/3) |
| Jeju-Tokyo Narita | 3/W (7/19 – 10/25) | Seoul Incheon-Kagoshima | 3/W → 5/W (From 9/2) |
To accommodate the growing travel demand to Japan, Korean Air will increase flight frequencies on its Japanese network. The Jeju-Tokyo Narita route will resume to operate three times a week from July 19 to October 25. The Seoul Incheon-Okayama route will increase from three to five weekly flights starting August 3, and the Seoul Incheon-Kagoshima route will also increase from three to five weekly flights starting September 2.
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