Air France celebrates 25th anniversary of presence in South Korea

The inaugural flight took place on 04-Jul-83 in a Boeing 747 Combi (cargo and passengers) with 250 seats. At the time, Air France was the first European airline to fly to South Korea.

The Paris/ Anchorage/ Tokyo/ Seoul route was operated once a week as part of a commercial cooperation agreement with Korean Airlines. The trip took almost 21 hours and 10 minutes.

Today, Air France offers 2 daily flights, i.e. 14 weekly frequencies to Seoul. 7 of these flights are operated by Air France in Boeing 777-300 during the summer season and in Boeing 777-200 in winter. The 7 others are operated on a code-share basis by Korean Airlines in Boeing 747-400.

KLM also operates a daily flight to Seoul from Amsterdam.

Air France KLM is ranked first among all groups in terms of traffic between Korea and Europe.


(C) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation. Date posted: 25-Sep-08

 

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