Press Release
JAL’s Korea Network Increases with the Expansion of Code Share Flights with Korean Air Lines
TOKYO June 20, 2005: Japan Airlines (JAL) and Korean Air Lines (KAL) have agreed to expand their code share flight operations to include flights from Hiroshima and Kagoshima in Japan to Seoul from August 2nd, 2005.
As a result, the number of Japanese cities linked to Korea by JAL's network will increase from eight to nine. Passengers traveling between the two countries will be able to choose from 216 flights per week up from 210 flights per week (on a one-way basis).
The new code share agreement will increase the number of JAL/KAL code share routes from four to six and the total number of weekly code share flights from 64 per week to 76 on a one-way basis. The Hiroshima-Seoul route will continue to be operated by JAL aircraft and crew, whereas flights on the Kagoshima-Seoul route will be operated by KAL.
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Flight number |
Route |
Schedule |
Days of operation |
Aircraft |
Operating carrier |
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JAL965/ KAL5744 |
Hiroshima-Seoul |
1530-1705 |
Tue,Thu,Sun |
B767 |
JAL |
|
JAL966/ KAL5743 |
Seoul-Hiroshima |
1235-1405 |
Tue,Thu,Sun |
B767 |
JAL |
|
KAL786/ JAL5165 |
Kagoshima-Seoul |
1230-1405 |
Wed,Fri,Sun |
B737 |
KAL |
|
KAL785/ JAL5166 |
Seoul-Kagoshima |
0955-1130 |
Wed,Fri,Sun |
B737 |
KAL |
On August 1st 2004, the two carriers started code share flights from Komatsu, Niigata and Sapporo in Japan to Seoul. From March 27th this year the airlines opened a fourth code share flight between Nagoya (Chubu) and Busan.
JAL and KAL plan to further expand their code share operations between Japan and Korea to continue to contribute to the development of exchanges of people, culture and commerce.
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For further information contact: geoffrey.tudor@jal.com / stephen.pearlman@jal.com
Telephone: 81-3-5460-3109 / Fax: 81-3-5769-6487/ www.jal.com/en/corporate/
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| Korean Codeshare.pdf |
