South Korea’s T’way Air to launch Zagreb flights in July
South Korean low cost carrier T’way Air has confirmed the launch of flights between Seoul and Zagreb this summer after it took delivery of its first wide-body Airbus A330-300 aircraft. The airline's CEO, Hong-Geun Jung, said, “T'way Air will start operating flights to Singapore in May, then expand to Zagreb, Croatia in July and to Australia in the winter. We have introduced a mid-to-large-sized aircraft to secure sustainable growth. We have been pursuing constant innovation for this purpose”. The airline is yet to put tickets on sale but plans to operate four weekly rotations between the two capital cities, each Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
T’way Air’s A330-300 jet features 347 seats, with twelve in business class and the remaining 335 in economy. The business cabin has a 2-2-2 seat configuration, while the economy layout is in 2-4-2. The airline recently took delivery of its second A330, with a third due later this year. The carrier has received all necessary permits from the Korean Ministry for Land, Infrastructure and Transport to launch commercial flights between Seoul and Zagreb. Korean Air, which has been serving the Croatian market with flights to Zagreb on a seasonal basis from 2018 until the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020 has scheduled its preliminary return to the Croatian capital this summer season from July with three weekly flights.
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| T'way Air A330 business class cabin |
The Croatian Ambassador to South Korea, Damir Kusen, recently said that T’way would not take away passengers from Korean Air or oversaturate the market. "We believe that this will certainly be an attractive option for younger travellers to Croatia due to the significantly lower priced tickets and will stimulate a new category of passengers”, Mr Kusen noted. In 2019, when flights between the two countries were last operational, Korean Air captured almost the entire Seoul travel market to and from Zagreb. The absolute majority of its customers on the route, over 95%, were point to point passengers and almost all originated from South Korea. The only other South Korean city with notable traffic to Zagreb is its second largest - Busan. In 2019, almost 5.000 passengers travelled indirectly between Busan and Zagreb on a single itinerary based on OAG data. The overwhelming majority of Korean travellers enter Croatia on a separate ticket via other European markets after spending several days at their original destination.
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