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The airline began its operation in 2007 as Busan International Airlines Company (Korean: 부산국제항공; Hanja: 釜山國際航空); it launched service in October 2008. [3] Air Busan is South Korea's third-largest low-cost airline, carrying 4.5 million domestic and 3.6 million international passengers in 2018.
The 4,000 m × 60 m (13,120 ft × 200 ft) second runway was opened on 2 August 2007. As of June 2014, Kansai Airport has become an Asian hub, with 780 weekly flights to Asia and Australasia (including 119 freight), 59 weekly flights to Europe and the Middle East (5 freight), and 80 weekly flights to North America (42 freight). [11]
This airport opened for business on 29 March 2001, to replace the older Gimpo International Airport, which now serves mostly domestic destinations and shuttle flights to several East Asian metropolitan areas, including Beijing–Capital, Kaohsiung, Osaka–Kansai, Shanghai–Hongqiao, Taipei–Songshan and Tokyo–Haneda.
Asiana Airlines is a full-service airline member of Star Alliance with two subsidiary low-cost carriers Air Busan and Air Seoul. It is the largest shareholder of Air Busan, a regional carrier that the airline established as joint venture with Busan Metropolitan City. [6] The airline also operates Air Seoul, a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Country/region City Airport Notes Refs Australia: Brisbane: Brisbane Airport: Terminated [3]Perth: Perth Airport: Passenger [1] [4]Sydney: Sydney Airport: Passenger [1] [5]Austria
This was the first route between Busan and Europe. [11] [12] President Roh Moo-hyun opened a new international terminal seven months later. [13] Delta Air Lines, which had merged with Northwest, ended the Tokyo link in May 2012. [9] [11] Lufthansa terminated its flight to Busan in March 2014. [14]
Osaka: Kansai International Airport: Passenger + Cargo [1] [2] Osaka International Airport: Terminated [9] Sapporo: New Chitose Airport: Passenger [1] Tokyo: Haneda International Airport: Passenger [1] Narita International Airport: Passenger + Cargo [1] [2] Jordan: Amman: Queen Alia International Airport Charter: Terminated [47] Kenya: Nairobi ...
In 2014, a government commissioned report indicated that a new airport in the Yeongnam region would be required as flights continued to increase. In 2013, Gimhae International Airport attracted 9.6 million visitors and was projected to be saturated by 2023. [6] A debate began amongst cities such as Busan and Daegu about the location of a new ...