Korean Air will increase capacity by resuming and adding services to China and increasing frequencies on select routes to Japan to meet rising demand.

The airline said it will resume its Busan-Shanghai Pudong and Jeju-Beijing routes with daily flights starting July 1.

Additionally, the Seoul Incheon-Hefei service will resume with five weekly flights from August 19, the Busan-Beijing route with six weekly flights starting September 16, and the Seoul Incheon-Kunming service with four weekly flights from October 14.

 [Source: Korean Air]

Select routes will also see an increase in flight frequencies. The Seoul Incheon-Yanji route will increase to daily flights from four weekly flights starting June 1.

The Seoul Incheon-Dalian route will temporarily see an increase of four flights to 11 weekly flights from July 1 to September 15.

Meanwhile, the daily Seoul Incheon-Tianjin route will increase to two daily flights from August 5 to October 20.

Additionally, the Seoul Incheon-Ulaanbaatar route will be increased by two flights to operate eight weekly flights from June 1 to September 30.

To accommodate the growing travel demand to Japan, Korean Air will also increase flight frequencies on its Japanese network. The Jeju-Tokyo Narita route will resume to operate three times a week from July 19 to October 25.

The Seoul Incheon-Okayama route will increase from three to five weekly flights starting August 3, and the Seoul Incheon-Kagoshima route will also increase from three to five weekly flights starting September 2.

The passenger network expansion will also see Korean Air boost its cargo capacity in Asia at a time when ocean transport continues to feel strains from ongoing disruptions — pushing more freight volumes to air.