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Flight KE9463 with over 200 passengers on board from Incheon International Airport lands at Da Nang International Airport on the same day (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) - Korean Air - the biggest airlines of the Republic of Korea (RoK) - reopened its direct air route from Incheon to the central city of Da Nang on June 22. Incheon International Airport landed at Da Nang International Airport on the same day. The firm plans to operate one regular flight per day from July 27, 2022. Chung Eui-seock - Chief Representative of Korean Air in Da Nang - said after restarting charter flights, Korean Air plans to fly daily to Da Nang from July 27, 2022. VNA … [Read more...] about RoK airlines re-operates direct flights to Da Nang

Flight KE9463 of Korean Air with more than 200 passengers on board from Incheon International Airport landed at Da Nang International Airport on the same day. Korean Air began operating charter flights with a frequency of two flights per week to Da Nang on Wednesdays and Saturdays to meet the increasing needs of tourists. The firm plans to operate one regular flight per day from July 27. The number of foreign visitors to Da Nang has shown signs of strong growth after the success of the Asia Routes Development Forum 2022 with the opening of flight routes by foreign airlines to the city such as Malaysia Airlines, Air Seoul, and Bangkok Airways. Since March, as many as 35,000 foreign passengers have arrived in Da Nang on 286 flights, including 71 flights from the Republic of Korea./. VNA … [Read more...] about Korean Air re-operates direct flights to Da Nang

Korean visitors at VinWonders in Phu Quoc (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) in Vietnam held an event on June 22 to set up connections with Vietnamese travel management agencies and businesses to promote the growth of MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, and Exhibitions) tourism after COVID-19 is put under control. The event drew representatives from 25 travel agencies, localities and businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK), Vietnamese tourism management agencies and more than 50 travel firms in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City. The RoK is one of the major tourism markets of Vietnam. In 2019 before COVID-19 broke out, Vietnam welcomed about 4.3 million Korean tourists, up 23.1 percent over the previous year, making the RoK the second largest tourism market of Vietnam. Meanwhile, in that year, 554,000 Vietnamese travelled to the RoK, of whom 73,000 took MICE tours. In 2020 and 2021, the COVID-19 pandemic posed adverse impacts on the global … [Read more...] about Vietnam, RoK seek to foster cooperation in MICE tourism

South Korea's airline will operate charter flights to Danang with a frequency of two flights per week, on Wednesdays and Saturdays, to meet the increasing demand of passengers. Korean Air, the biggest airline of South Korea, has resumed flights between Incheon to Vietnam’s central beach city of Danang, starting from June 22. The carrier’s flight KE9463 departed from Incheon International Airport with over 200 passengers on board and landed at Danang International Airport yesterday night. The flight marked Korean Air’s resumption of direct flights to Danang City followin a long shut down due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And a welcome ceremony for the passengers was held at Danang Airport's T2 Terminal. South Korean passengers welcomed at Danang International Airport. Photo: Luu Huong Deputy Director of the Danang Department of Tourism Nguyen Xuan Binh said that direct working sessions between Danang’s leaders and representatives of major international … [Read more...] about South Korea’s biggest airline resumes direct air route to Danang

Korean Air, the largest airline and flag carrier of the Republic of Korea (RoK), brought 200 passengers to the central city of Da Nang on June 22 following a two-year hiatus caused by COVID-19. The passengers on board flight KE9463, which departed from the Incheon International Airport, were welcomed by local authorities immediately after their arrival at Da Nang International Airport. Yongshin, a tourist on the flight, said that he was both delighted and surprised at being welcomed by friendly Vietnamese people. The Korean man said that his arrival marked the first time he had visited Da Nang, and that he would stay for several days in order to visit the many local attractions around the central city. Nguyen Xuan Binh, deputy director of the municipal Department of Tourism, said that the RoK had been Da Nang’s leading tourist market before the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the restoration of this market is therefore of highly significance to the central city. Korean … [Read more...] about Korean Air restores flights to Da Nang

Korean passengers are received warmly welcome by Da Nang's authorities. Korean Air has resumed post-COVID-19 service from Incheon, Korea, to Da Nang. — VNS Photo Le Lam Korean Air has resumed service from Incheon, Korea, to Da Nang after a two-year closure due, by operating two chartered flights per week between the two cities. Representative of Korean Air, Chung Eui Seock, said the airline restarted the post-COVID-19 air route by chartered flight before operating regular daily services to Da Nang from the end of July. He said Da Nang was seen as a favourite destination by Korean tourists, and the airline would work with its top capacity to offer five-star flights between Da Nang and Incheon. The flight will take off from Incheon, Korea, at 6.40pm (Korean time) and land at Da Nang Airport around 9.25pm, while departing from Da Nang at 10.50pm and arriving in Incheon at 5.30am next morning on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The airline, seen as the first Korean air service linking … [Read more...] about Korea-Da Nang air routes to re-ignite tourist boom