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From K-pop to cargo: Budget airlines seek new lifelines

Korea’s low-cost carriers are reassigning staff, using K-pop branding and selling cargo space as fuel prices and a weak won continue to squeeze profits.

2026.7.13

Transport Ministry investigates Eastar after plane lands with partially opened cargo door

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has launched an investigation after it was confirmed that an Eastar Jet flight bound for Jeju landed with its forward cargo door partially open.

2025.11.26

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An Eastar Jet B737-8 passenger plane [YONHAP]

Eastar Jet to prohibit use of portable batteries from Oct. 1

Passengers on Eastar Jet will be prohibited from using portable batteries to charge personal devices beginning Oct. 1, following an incident in September in which a unit caught on fire on a flight from Japan.

2025.9.24

A notice explaining new procedures for carrying portable batteries on board is displayed in front of the check-in counters at Gimhae International Airport in Gangseo, Busan, on Sept. 1. [YONHAP]

Portable battery ignites on Eastar Jet flight

A portable battery caught fire aboard an Eastar Jet flight bound for Incheon from Fukuoka on Sunday, according to the airline.

2025.9.16

A promotional image of the new Busan-Ordos route that Eastar Jet plans to operate starting late July [YONHAP]

Eastar Jet launches temporary passenger service to Ordos

Eastar Jet said Friday it will temporarily operate passenger flights to Ordos in China's Inner Mongolia region to meet growing summer travel demand.

2025.7.11

Former President Moon Jae-in, left, and his wife Kim Jung-sook clap during an event held at Pyeongsan Village in Yangsan, South Gyeongsang, on April 16. [NEWS1]

Former President Moon's wife likely to be summoned over job-for-favors allegations

Prosecutors said Tuesday that they plan to summon Kim Jung-sook, wife of former President Moon Jae-in, as part of their probe into allegations that his former son-in-law was given an executive position at an airline in exchange for political favors.

2024.11.19

Unification Ministry raided over ex-President Moon's alleged preferential selection of Eastar Jet

Prosecutors raided the Ministry of Unification in Seoul to collect evidence on former President Moon Jae-in's alleged preferential selection of airline Eastar Jet for an inter-Korean art performance in 2018.

2024.10.16

Former President Moon Jae-in, right, and his wife Kim Jung-sook attend pianist Lim Yun-chan's recital at Gwangju Arts Center on June 19. [YONHAP]

Prosecutors include former President Moon as bribery suspect in Thai Eastar Jet scandal

The prosecution is investigating allegations that the former president accepted bribes worth millions of won amid their investigation into the alleged preferential appointment of Moon's estranged son-in-law as an airline executive.

2024.9.1

Cargo is being loaded onto an Asiana Airlines aircraft. [ASIANA AIRLINES]

Jeju Air backs out of bidding for Asiana's cargo business

Korea's largest budget carrier withdrew from the bidding, which ended on Thursday as Korean Air inches closer to its merger with the No. 2 airline.

2024.4.25

An Asiana Airlines' freighter [ASIANA AIRLINES]

4 low-cost carriers file to bid for Asiana's cargo business

Jeju Air, Air Premia, Eastar Jet and Air Incheon all submitted letters of intent as Korean Air seeks to offload the division in order to complete its Asiana takeover.

2024.2.28