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Big Korean Airport Makes Friends With Jin Air

Where: Incheon, Korea
January 8, 2009 at 11:00 AM | by amandak | 3 Comments

Our favorite Korean budget carrier, Jin Air, has just done a deal to move its hub to the massive international Incheon Airport, near Seoul. The goal is to make Incheon a big Northeast Asian hub and this deal might just do it.

Singapore-based Tiger Airways got rudely shoved out of the way when it tried to start up an Incheon-based LCC, and now it turns out to be Korean-only territory.

The Incheon city council seems to be promising that the airport will deal exclusively with Jin Air over other Korean budget carriers, so it's a real coup for the Jin Air genies. With Incheon's future looking exciting with stuff like the Asian Games being held there in 2014, it's a spot we're sure to be hearing more about.

Related Stories:
· Incheon, Korean Air in Alliance [Korea Times]
· Tiger Airlines Aggression Works in Oz, Fails in South Korea [Jaunted]
· Jin Air Genies Take to Korean Skies [Jaunted]

[Photo: d'n'c]

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  1. JetSetCD

    Jaunted Member

    omg yay

    As big as Incheon is, I freaking love that place. My favorite part is watching the newlywed couples wait for their honeymoon flights, because it's a cultural thing for them to dress alike. So much Burberry plaid hurts my eyes!
    January 8, 2009 at 12:08 PM
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  1. amandak

    Jaunted Member

    Incheon couples ..

    Matching newly-weds? Now that I have to see ... how cute!!!!
    January 9, 2009 at 3:25 AM
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  1. amandak

    Jaunted Member

    Matching couples

    ... I asked my Korean students about this (who are studying English in Australia) and all five of them admitted to owning 3 or 4 matching outfits with their boyfriend/girlfriend - apparently it's not just a newly-wed thing!
    January 19, 2009 at 11:24 PM
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