Korean Air widening path to China

Korean Air announced on September 26 it would start to operate a new regular passenger service between Incheon(Seoul) and Guangzhou, China? southern economic hub.

For the Incheon-Guangzhou route, a Boeing 737-800 seating 148 passengers will depart Incheon every Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday at 09:20 a.m., arriving at Guangzhou at 12:00 p.m. local time the same day. Return flights from Guangzhou will depart at 13:00 p.m. and arrive at Incheon at 17:25 p.m. local time the same day.

Guangzhou, one of China? three major cities along with Beijing and Shanghai, is Korean Air? first for scheduled flight destination in the southern part china, the fastest growing economy in the world.

We will continue to increase our routes to China, in order to offer our customers more travel options between China and Korea and to provide faster and more efficient access to North America, Europe, Oceania, and Japan via our Incheon hub,” said J.H. Lee, President and COO of Korean Air.

Korean Air? inauguration to Guagzhou is following an agreement made between the Korean and Chinese governments in June, to greatly increase the number of flights between the two countries.

By adding Guangzhou to its route map, Korean Air now serves 20 destinations in China and 97 destinations worldwide.