Korean Air to Launch Budapest Route and Resume Flights to Dubai, Phuket, Chiang Mai
Korean Air has announced that it will launch its inaugural flight to Budapest, Hungary, from October 3.
The airline will operate a 269-seat Boeing 787-900 once a week on Mondays departing from Seoul Incheon at 11.25am and landing in Budapest at 5.05 pm. The return flight leaves the next day at 7.15pm and arrives in Seoul Incheon one day later at 12.50pm.
There will also be an extra flight on Saturday, October 29.
From October 31, Korean Air will offer flights twice a week that depart from Seoul Incheon at 12.25pm on Mondays and Saturdays and arrive in Budapest at 5.15 pm. The return flights will take off on the same day at 7.35pm and land in Seoul Incheon at 2.15 pm the next day.
Resuming routes to Dubai, Phuket and Chiang Mai
The airline has also announced that starting October 1, it will resume routes to the United Arab Emirates and Thailand, which have been suspended since March 2020.
Korean Air will restore its Middle East network by resuming services to Dubai three times a week. The Incheon-Dubai route will be served by the airline’s A330-300 fleet, and will depart from Seoul Incheon every Monday, Thursday and Saturday at 1.20pm and arrive in Dubai at 6.55pm. The return flight will depart on the same day at 11pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 12.40pm the following day.
Flights to Phuket will depart from Seoul Incheon on Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays at 5.55pm and land in Phuket at 10pm. Return flights leave Phuket on the same day at 11.20pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 7.55am the next day.
Korean Air is also reinstating flights to Chiang Mai with a Boeing 737-800. The airline will offer four flights a week – every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday – departing from Seoul Incheon at 5.55pm and arriving in Chiang Mai at 9.30pm. The return flights leave Chiang Mai at 11.00pm and arrive in Seoul Incheon at 6.25am the following day.