Press Release
JAL & Korean Air Lines Expand Code Share Agreement to Jeju Island Routes
Tokyo March 6, 2007: Japan Airlines (JAL) and Korean Air Lines (KAL) agreed today to expand their code share operations to include KAL's non-stop daily flights between Jeju Island, Korea - Tokyo (Narita), and Jeju Island - Osaka (Kansai). The agreement will come into effect on March 25, 2007, and is subject to government approval.
Jeju Island will be the third destination in South Korea that JAL offers its customers. Jeju Island, also known as the "Island of the Gods," is a popular destination for Japanese tourists due to its warm climate, stunning natural volcanic scenery, and beautiful beaches.
At present, JAL including Korean Air Lines code shares, serves South Korea on 9 routes with a total of 186 round-trip flights per week, linking Seoul and Busan to 8 cities Japan.
With the addtion of the two new daily code share flights to Jeju Island, JAL will start offering a total of 11 routes with a total of 200 round-trip flights linking Japan to three cities in South Korea.
JAL and Korean Air Lines first started code sharing in August 1 2004 with flights between Seoul and the regional Japanese cities of Komatsu, Niigata and Sapporo.
New Code share Flight Schedule
|
Flight number |
Route |
Depart |
Arrive |
Days of operation |
Operating carrier |
|
KE718/ JL5241 |
Tokyo (Narita) - Jeju Island |
09:45 |
12:20* |
Daily |
KAL |
|
KE717/ JL5240 |
Jeju Island - Tokyo (Narita) |
18:10 |
20:30 |
Daily |
KAL |
|
KE734/JL5243 |
Osaka (Kansai) - Jeju Island |
09:30 |
11:10* |
Daily |
KAL |
|
KE733/JL5242 |
Jeju Island - Osaka (Kansai) |
18:30 |
20:05 |
Daily |
KAL |
* On Mar 25. 2007 KE718/ JL5241 arrives Jeju Island 12:40 / KE734/JL5243 arrives Jeju Island 11:20
JAL's Scheduled Korea Network including code shares(from March 25, 2007)
|
Route |
|
Round Trip Flights per week |
Operating airline |
|
Tokyo (Narita) |
Seoul (Incheon) |
49 flights per week |
JAL(21) KAL (28) |
|
Sapporo |
|
7 flights per week |
KAL |
|
Osaka (Kansai) |
|
35 flights per week |
JAL (14) KAL (21) |
|
Nagoya (Chubu) |
|
21 flights per week |
JAL (7) KAL (14) |
|
Niigata |
|
7 flights per week |
KAL |
|
Fukuoka |
|
18 flights per week |
KAL |
|
Komatsu |
|
4 flights per week |
KAL |
|
Kagoshima |
|
3 flights per week |
KAL |
|
Tokyo (Narita) |
Busan |
14 flights per week |
JAL (7) KAL (7) |
|
Osaka (Kansai) |
|
14 flights per week |
JAL (7) KAL (7) |
|
Nagoya (Chubu) |
|
14 flights per week |
JAL (7) KAL (7) |
|
Tokyo (Narita) |
Jeju Island |
7 flights per week |
KAL (7) |
|
Osaka (Kansai) |
|
7 flights per week |
KAL (7) |
* JAL/KAL have code share agreements on all routes.
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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| Jeju Island Code share.pdf |
