Air Incheon

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Air Incheon
에어인천
IATA ICAO Callsign
KJAIHAIR INCHEON
Founded24 February 2012;12 years ago (2012-02-24)
Commenced operations2 March 2013;11 years ago (2013-03-02)
Hubs Incheon International Airport
Fleet size4
Destinations6
Headquarters Incheon, South Korea
Key peopleSeung-Hwan Lee (CEO)
Website www.air-incheon.com

Air Incheon is a South Korean cargo airline with its base at Incheon International Airport near Seoul. It serves five scheduled cargo destinations from its base in Seoul.

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Destinations

An Air Incheon Boeing 737-400F landing at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea in 2015 HL8291 - Air Incheon - Boeing 737-4Y0(SF) - ICN (16465974796).jpg
An Air Incheon Boeing 737-400F landing at Incheon International Airport, Incheon, South Korea in 2015

As of May 2024, Air Incheon serves the following scheduled destinations: [1]

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Bangladesh Dhaka Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport [2]
China Chengdu Chengdu Tianfu International Airport [1]
Chongqing Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport [1]
Haikou Haikou Meilan International Airport [3]
Qingdao Qingdao Jiaodong International Airport [4]
Qingdao Liuting International Airport Airport Closed
Yantai Yantai Penglai International Airport [1] [5]
Japan Sapporo New Chitose Airport [6]
Tokyo Narita International Airport [1] [6]
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur International Airport [7]
Russia Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk Airport Suspended [1] [6]
South Korea Seoul Incheon International Airport Hub

Fleet

Current fleet

As of November 2023, Air Incheon operates the following aircraft: [8] [9]

AircraftIn fleetOrdersNotes
Boeing 737-800SF 4
Total4

Fleet development

In August 2016, Air Incheon signed a letter of intent for three Boeing 737-800NG to be converted to freighters and leased from Spectre Air Capital. [10] In May 2019, due to financial reasons, Air Incheon cancelled the order for Boeing 737-800NG Freighter as well as retiring its Boeing 767-300ERF and one Boeing 737-400F.

Former fleet

Air Incheon has also operated the following aircraft (as of July 2021): [11] [12]

AircraftTotalIntroducedRetired
Boeing 737-400F 320132021
Boeing 767-300F 120182019

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