Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) has outlined its proposed B737-8 deployment plans ahead of the delivery of its first aircraft of the type during the second quarter of the year.
ch-aviation analysis of schedule data shows the twinjet will be deployed on the following routes out of Seoul Incheon starting in May:
- Okinawa Naha: daily starting May 1;
- Komatsu: 3x weekly starting May 1;
- Xiamen: daily starting June 1;
- Guiyang: 2x weekly starting June 10;
- Tokyo Haneda: daily starting July 1;
- Niigata: 3x weekly starting July 2;
- Aomori: 3x weekly starting July 3;
- Mudanjiang: 5x weekly starting August 1.
The aircraft will feature 8 business, 24 premium economy, and 108 economy class seats.
Korean Air has thirty MAX 8s on order from Boeing (BOE, Washington National) all of which will supplement its existing fleet of ten B737-800s, sixteen -900s, and six -900(ER)s.
