Starting May 2 and until June 29, 2024, Korean Air will operate seasonal charter services between Seoul Incheon and Taichung, Taiwan. The flights will run thrice a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The outbound flight – KE189 – will leave South Korea’s capital at 3:30 pm and land in Taichung at 5:15 pm. The return leg – KE190 – will depart at 6:50 pm and arrive in Seoul at 10:40 pm (all times are local).

Korean Air will operate a Boeing 737-8 on the abovementioned route. The aircraft will have a 146-seat layout, with 8 seats in Prestige Class and the remaining 138 in Economy. Once this new service is live, South Korea’s flag carrier will have 24 roundtrip weekly services between Seoul Incheon and Taiwan, including 14 on the Seoul Incheon-Taipei route and 7 on the Busan-Taipei route.

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After signing a contract with Airbus Germany earlier this year, Mahindra Aerostructures Pvt Ltd (MASPL) has inked another. The new one is a multi-year deal with Airbus Atlantic. The paperwork specifies that the Indian company, which has its production plant in Bengaluru, will manufacture and deliver components and small assemblies for the entire Airbus commercial aircraft family, including the A320 family. The contract, worth approximately USD 100 million, requires MASPL to supply nearly 2,300 varieties of metallic components to Airbus Atlantic in France.

MASPL and the Airbus Group have been doing business with each other since 2015. The former was also recognised as the “Best Performer” in the 2023 Airbus Supplier Quality Improvement Program awards.