Korean Air is resuming routes and increasing frequencies between Seoul and destinations in North America, Europe, China and Japan in order to meet “rising international travel demand,” the carrier announced Wednesday.
In North America, the carrier this month expanded the number of flights between Seoul and Chicago to seven times per week from five. It also increased service on the Seoul-Dallas route to five times per week from four and on the Seoul-San Francisco route to nine times per week from seven.
In Europe, Korean Air now flies seven times per week between Seoul and Frankfurt, up from five. It also increased service on the Seoul-Milan route to four times per week from three.
The carrier in July also is increasing flights to and from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to eight times per week from seven, and plans to further increase the route to 10 weekly flights for the month of August. Service on the Seoul-Sapporo route in July increased to 11 times per week from seven, and in August, Seoul-Bali service will operate 11 times per week, up from nine.
After a hiatus of three and a half years, Korean Air is resuming flights to Changsha, Wuhan and Weihai in China, and Fukuoka and Nagoya in Japan. Seoul-Changsha flights will resume July 19 and operate five times per week. Service on the Wuhan route will resume Sept. 24 and operate three times weekly, while Weihai flights will resume Sept. 27 and operate four times weekly.
On Sept. 27, the carrier will resume twice-daily Busan-Fukuoka flights and daily Busan-Nagoya flights. Each route will be operated with Boeing 737-900ER aircraft with a capacity of 173 passengers.
Korean Air also reported that its capacity on international routes this month reached about 82 percent of 2019 levels.
