Asiana boosts US capacity

Star Alliance member, Asiana has announced that it will increase existing capacity into the US from May 2011. Effective May 24^th, it will operate the Seoul Incheon to San Francisco route on a daily basis with B777 equipment. It competes with Korean Air which operates the sector four-times weekly, United Airlines which operates the service daily and Singapore Airlines which also provides a daily flight. Over 321,000 O+D passengers flew the route between October 2009 and October 2010.

On the same date, Asiana will also boost its scheduled services to Seattle from five-times weekly to a daily, operated with A330 aircraft.