Airlines
Airlines React as Korea Removes Japan from Trade Whitelist
Low-cost carrier Jeju Air adds capacity to China as Japanese services wane.

South Korea’s plan to drop Japan from its so-called whitelist of preferred trading partners in September will further disrupt air travel between the two countries, particularly affecting Korean low-cost carriers that rely heavily on Japanese routes to sustain profitability. With three of its 22 routes to Japan already suspended, low-cost carrier (LCC) Jeju Air will subtract another six in September and October. During the same period, fellow LCC Jin Air plans to reduce its current 131 weekly flights to 78 while flag carrier Korean Air downgrades Airbus A330-300 operations from Incheon to Sapporo, Osaka, Fukuoka, and Nagoya to Boeing 737-800 service.