Low-cost carriers in S.Korea reschedule int’l flights

Seoul, Jan 3 : South Koreas low-cost carriers on Monday announced that they have delayed or reduced their flights on international routes due to the spread of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.Air Seoul Inc.

, a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., has delayed its planned flights to Guam from January 29 to March 27, reports Yonhap News Agency.Air Seoul has offered one flight a week, respectively, on the routes from Incheon to Qingdao and Yantai in China since the summer of 2020 to meet business travel demands.Jeju Air Co., the countrys biggest low-cost carrier, said it will continue to provide two flights a week on the Incheon-Guam route until February 26.It had originally planned to provide four flights a week on the route from January 27.It also plans to operate flights on the Busan-Saipan route until January 12, though the route resumed services on December 29, 2021.Tway Air Co.has provided two flights a week on the Incheon-Saipan route but decided to suspend them until January 28.South Korea has two full-service carriers -- Korean Air Lines Co.and Asiana Airlines Inc.-- and 10 LCCs, including Jin Air Co., Air Busan Co., Eastar Jet Co., Fly Gangwon, Air Premia Co.and Air Incheon Co.Air Incheon is a cargo-focused carrier, and the nine other low-cost ones are passenger carriers.ksk/ #cost #carriers #SKorea #reschedule #intl #flights #Jan #China #Seoul #Qingdao #Omicron #Covid-19.