Jin Air is keen to enhance its flight operation with regular direct scheduled flights between Bangladesh and South Korea as the carrier has already operated 126 direct chartered flights between Dhaka and Incheon in last three years, reports BSS.
The Airline which is a subsidiary of the national carrier Korean Air group has already conveyed its interest to establish direct scheduled commercial flight between Bangladesh and Korea to Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB), said a press release on Saturday.
Jin Air sees marker potentials on Bangladesh-Korea direct scheduled flights as South Korea remains one of the largest foreign investors in Bangladesh since independence while the demand for foreign workers in South Korea has been steadily on the rise, it added.
In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, Korean community and embassies of both countries collaborated with Jin Air initiated direct commercial chartered flights since 2021, to meet the demands of Korean evacuees and business travelers, as well as the Bangladeshi expatriate workers employed in Korea who were stranded during the initial pandemic period.
Since then, the Jin Air, successfully conducted a total of 126 direct flights, facilitating travel of more than 27,007 passengers in which around 10,118 were Bangladeshi expatriate workers, fulfilling the entire Bangladesh Overseas Employment and Services Ltd (BOESL) demand since the onset of the pandemic.
In an appreciation letter, BOESL said it could be impossible without having outstanding and uninterrupted chartered flight support from Jin Air to travel Bangladeshi workers employed under Employ-ment Permit System (EPS) in South Korea.
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