Jeju Air

South Korean LCC Jeju Air has decided not to pursue a bid for Asiana’s freighter operations.

Asiana’s cargo division will be sold if the Korean Air-Asiana merger is finalized.

Economic and geopolitical travails are weighing on China’s international passenger flight recovery.

Routes details the latest new route announcements, as well as the services returning to carriers’ networks.

Carrier to be based 100 km south of Seoul at Cheongju International Airport.

The market between Vietnam and South Korea has grown at a phenomenal rate in recent years, with fledgling carrier Bamboo Airways the latest airline to enter the fray. Routesonline looks at the rising competition on routes between the two countries.

This week: Jeju Air adds Singapore route; Frontier expands from Cincinnati; and Alitalia resumes Milan - St Petersburg.

Eastar Jet and SilkAir are set to launch services between Singapore and Busan as part of efforts to promote trade, business and tourism.

Over 85 of the region’s leading and fastest-growing airlines are now planning their meeting diaries for the event.

More than 90 of the region’s leading airlines will be accepting meeting requests when scheduling opens.

The grouping brings together many of the smaller low-cost operators across the Asia Pacific region and the partnership will allow them to better compete with some of the largest budget carriers like IndiGo in India, AirAsia across multiple countries and Qantas subsidiary Jetstar Airways across both the Asia and Pacific markets.