Air Busan to serve Taipei

Air Busan, the subsidiary of Asiana has announced that it will begin scheduled flights from Pusan to Taipei (TPE). The route will begin January 27th 2011 and will be operated on a daily basis with A321 aircraft. It will compete on the route with Transasia Airways which operates the route thrice-weekly with A320 equipment. IATA BSP data shows that over 45,000 O+D passengers travelled between the city pairs from September 2009 and September 2010.