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| Founded | 26 October 2007 | ||||||
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| Commenced operations | 7 January 2009 | ||||||
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| Alliance | U-FLY Alliance | ||||||
| Fleet size | 14 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
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| Headquarters | Gangseo-gu, Seoul | ||||||
| Key people | Joong-Seok Cho (President) | ||||||
| Website | www | ||||||
| Eastar Jet | |
| Hangul | 이스타항공 |
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| Hanja | 이스타航空 |
| Revised Romanization | Iseuta Hanggong |
| McCune–Reischauer | Isŭt'a Hanggong |
Eastar Jet (ESR; Korean: 이스타 항공) is a South Korean low-cost airline with its headquarters in Banghwa-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul.[1] On January 7, 2009, Eastar Jet made its maiden flight from Gimpo International Airport to Jeju International Airport. Now, the airline operates a scheduled passenger network to 14 destinations in eight countries. Its main base is Gimpo International Airport, with a hub at Jeju International Airport.[2]
Eastar Jet carried 3 million domestic passengers and 2.9 million international passengers in 2018. Its international traffic has doubled over the past three years and its domestic traffic has grown by nearly 50%, indicating a stronger focus on domestic growth while the other Korean low-cost carriers are focusing on the international market.[3]
- ^ "Office addresses". Eastar Air Inc. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2014.
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 97.
- ^ "South Korea aviation market: a decade of rapid growth driven by LCCs". CAPA. 2 June 2019.