Jeju Air to offer new flights to Osaka

By Nam Kwang-sik
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Yonhap) -- Jeju Air Co., South Korea's top budget carrier, said
Thursday that it will launch a new Japanese route linking Gimpo, a city on the
western outskirts of Seoul, with the Japanese city of Osaka.
Jeju Air plans to offer seven weekly flights on the route starting Friday, the
company said in a statement.
The launch of the Gimpo-Osaka route comes after the low-cost carrier opened its
overseas flights routes between Incheon, South Korea's main gateway, and the
Japanese cities of Osaka and Kitakyushu in March and between Incheon and Bangkok
in April.
The company is also expected to ratchet up competition among airlines that have
been providing flight services on the Gimpo-Osaka route.
The airlines are two local full-service carriers Korean Air Lines Co. and Asiana
Airlines Inc. and two Japanese full-service carriers Japan Air Lines Co. and All
Nippon Airways Co.
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