Korean LCCs resume flights to Taipei after nearly 3 years

Major low-cost carriers Including Jeju Air, Jin Air, T'way Air started offering flights to Taipei

Incheon International Airport
Incheon International Airport
Seo-Woo Jang 1
2022-12-05 15:06:48 suwu@hankyung.com
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As domestic budget carriers begin opening or resuming flights to Taipei, the skyways between Korea and Taiwan have widened further.

Jeju Air announced on Monday that it would recommence its Incheon/Busan-Taipei route seven times a week from January 18 next year. It has been 2 years and 11 months since it suspended the flights due to the COVID-19 crisis in February 2020.

Jeju Air operated a total of 732 flights on the Incheon-Taipei route in 2019, carrying 127,100 passengers. Even at that time, the occupancy rate reached 92%, which was considered a "golden route."

Meanwhile, Jin Air will launch a new flight route between Daegu and Taipei on December 29. The 189-seat Boeing 737 will fly five times a week, and from January 21 next year, it will increase to seven times a week.

T'way Air will also launch a new twice-weekly route between Jeju and Taipei on December 24 and will fly four times a week from January 3 next year. Meanwhile, from January 1 next year, the Daegu-Taipei flight is scheduled to run daily.

Write to Seo-Woo Jang at suwu@hankyung.com
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