South Korea’s budget carrier Jin Air will begin next week its regular flights from Clark to Incheon and vice versa through the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport at Clark.
The entry of the Korean airline at the 2,367-hectare Clark Civil Aviation Complex inside the Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga will boost tourism in the entire region, according to Clark International Airport Corp. president Victor Jose Luciano.
Jin Air is the sixth addition to the international airlines operating at the Clark airport and is the second South Korean commercial airliner after Asiana Airlines, which commenced operations in October 2003.
“We welcome Jin Air’s regular flights at DMIA that will not only bring in more Korean tourists to Clark but also give the people of Northern Luzon the opportunity to visit Korea,” Luciano said.
Jin Air will operate five flights weekly at Clark utilizing the 180-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft for the Incheon-Clark-Incheon route.
On Oct. 27, Luciano will lead a simple welcome ceremony for the Jin Air inaugural flight at the DMIA that is expected to arrive at about 1 a.m.
At 6 p.m. on the same day, Luciano will host a cocktail for airlines and the tourism industry at the Mahogany Room of the Holiday Inn Clark in the Mimosa Leisure Estate.
Jin Air is a full subsidiary of Korean Air. Korean Air is the flag carrier and the largest airline of South Korea and serves 130 cities in 45 countries around the world while its domestic divisions serve 20 destinations.
Jin Air began operations in July 2008 with routes to regional destinations in Korea using their Boeing 737-800 and in October 2009, began flights to Guam, Osaka and Bangkok.
“Since 2004, Korean tourists have immensely contributed to the local economy of Angeles City and the communities in the Metro Clark area as well as the rest of Central Luzon. There are an estimated 20,000 Korean tourists in the Clark and Subic,” Luciano said.
Jin Air has five Boeing 737-800 Model Aircraft in its fleet for their operations in the South East Asian region, including Japan.
Jin Air adds to the host of foreign and local carriers operating international and domestic flights at the DMIA that include Asiana Airlines that flies daily to Incheon; Tiger Airways that flies daily to Singapore; and, Air Asia that flies daily to Kuala Lumpur and Kota Kinabalu.
Also operating flights at the DMIA are local carrier Cebu Pacific Airwich lies to Hong Kong, Singapore, Macau and Bangkok; the Spirit of Manila Airlines that flies to Taipei, and South East Asian Airlines (Seair) that flies to Caticlan.
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