The resumption of the long-haul connection is among the high priorities for Jiří Pos, Chairman of the Prague Airport Board of Directors, and he’s making that decision come true by bringing bac flights between Seoul and Prague.
From March 27, 2023, Prague Airport will as soon as once more provide a direct reference to Asia, supplied by Korean Air. This common service was final in operation in March 2020.
“This is an important milestone not only on the way to resuming operations and returning to the 2019 figures, but also in terms of building a network of direct routes to Asia. Korea is one of the markets with the highest demand within the Asian region,” Mr. Pos mentioned.
“At the center of the airline’s Central European network, Prague is a flagship destination that boasts centuries of rich history and cultural heritage. The service resumption will give us an opportunity to pick up where we left off in fostering active exchanges between the two countries.” Mr. Park Jeong Soo, Managing Vice President and Head of Passenger Network, famous.
Demand-pending Frequency Increases
Initially, the route will probably be operated 3 times every week, each Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, with the choice of accelerating the frequency to 4 weekly flights in the course of the summer time season primarily based on the demand tendencies and tendencies. Passengers will fly aboard Boeing 777-300ERs plane with 291 seats (64 in Business Class, 227 in Economy Class). The route will make sure the at the moment lacking capacities are considerably boosted – not solely to Korea, but additionally, because of connecting flights from Seoul, to different locations in Asia with a historically robust demand, for instance, Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, and even Indonesia or Australia.
According to information from the Czechtourism company and its director Jan Herget, nearly 400 thousand Korean vacationers visited the Czech Republic in 2019. “We firmly believe that thanks to the direct route and the gradual opening of Asian markets after the Covid-19 pandemic, there will be a recovery of tourism between Korea and the Czech Republic, and a gradual return to the 2019 numbers. While in 2019, we recorded 387 thousand arrivals of tourists from the Republic of Korea, a year later, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, only 42 thousand Koreans arrived. In 2021, the number dropped even more, to eight thousand visitors. Tourists from Asia are key for the Czech tourism industry for their high creditworthiness. The average daily spending is around four thousand crowns,” Mr. Herget added.
“The connection between Prague and Seoul is the result of the coordinated activities of all key stakeholders, for which we are very happy, because it will bring travellers from Asia, who are currently absent in the city, back to Prague. In 2019, more than 270 thousand tourists from South Korea visited the capital. Last year, we have recorded less than 40 thousand,” František Cipro, Chairman of the Prague City Tourism Board of Directors, commented.
Successful Pre-Covid Route
In 2019, the connection from Prague to Seoul was very profitable. In whole, over 190 thousand passengers travelled between Prague and Seoul in each instructions all year long.
The ambiance of the South Korean capital can greatest be absorbed by visiting the 5 royal palaces of the Joseon Dynasty within the Jongno-gu and Jung-gu districts, specifically Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung, Gyeonghuigung, Changdeokgung, and Changgyeonggung. Four historic gates can be seen within the metropolis, essentially the most well-known of which is the Namdaemum (South Gate) situated close to the market of the identical title. The historic partitions of the town are additionally of curiosity.