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S. Korea’s 7th LCC Air Pohang starts operations
- Collected
- 2018.02.08
- Distributed
- 2018.02.09
- Source
- Go Direct
Air Pohang
According to the country’s seventh LLC operator, its first-ever flight departed from Gimpo airport in Seoul at 6:50 a.m. Wednesday towards the southeastern city of Pohang. The carrier plans to run round-trip flights on Pohang-Gimpo route and Pohang-Jeju route twice a day, respectively. Jeju island is Korea’s most famous resort island off the south coast of the country.
For the launch, Air Pohang purchased two aircrafts of CRJ-200 in July 2017. The aircraft with 50 seats is 26.7 meters long and 6.2 meters high, and almost 60 airlines are currently operating about 1,000 aircrafts of CRJ-200 on various routes in the world.
Founded by Dong-Hwa Electronics with initial investment of 10 billion won ($9.2 million), Air Pohang is expected to secure additional 2 billion won fund from each North Gyeongsang Province and Pohang City governments.
The Pohang-based LLC plans to add another 50-seat aircraft in the second half of this year to service between Pohang and Incheon, as well as Pohang and Yeosu. Pohang-Ulleung route will be another option once an airport is built in Ulleung island, about 80 miles east of the Korean peninsula, in 2022.
By Moon Ji-woong and Lee Ha-yeon
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