Asiana launches World Cup flights

Tue, 24 Apr 2001, 00:00 WIB | Source: AFP

SEOUL (AFP): Asiana Airlines of South Korea said it would
launch a new service from Seoul to Miyazaki in Japan beginning on
Tuesday as part of efforts to improve services between the two
hosts of the 2002 World Cup soccer finals.

An Asiana official said there would be three flights a week on
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays. The airline also launched a
three times a week service from Seoul's Inchon International
Airport to Yonago in western Japan on April 2.

The lack of air services between South Korea and Japan has
been criticized ahead of the World Cup finals which start on May
31 next year. Asiana said it had received requests from Japanese
provincial governments for extra services to handle World Cup
business.

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