Korea Express Air

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Korea Express Air
코리아 익스프레스 에어
IATA ICAO Callsign
KWKEAKorea Express Air
Founded2005
Commenced operations
  • August 15, 2009 (2009-08-15)
  • 4 February 2016 - Relaunched
  • 21 February 2020
Ceased operations
  • 28 March 2015
  • 31 December 2019
  • 28 May 2020
Hubs Yangyang International Airport
Fleet size1
Destinations4
HeadquartersGomseom-ro, Nam-Myeon, Taean, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea
Website keair.co.kr

Korea Express Air (KEA) was an air taxi airline, with its head office in Nam-myeon (KO), Taean, South Chungcheong Province, [1] and with flight operations based in Yangyang International Airport.

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Destinations

CountryCityAirportNotesRefs
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Kitakyushu Kitakyushu Airport Suspended
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Busan Gimhae International Airport Suspended [2]
Jeju Jeju International Airport Suspended
Yangyang Yangyang International Airport Hub

Fleet

As of October 2019, Korea Express Air fleet consisted of the following aircraft: [3] [4]

Korea Express Air fleet
AircraftIn FleetOrderSeatsNotes
Embraer ERJ-145/ER 1050

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References

  1. "Home Archived 2021-02-27 at the Wayback Machine ." Korea Express Air. Retrieved on November 4, 2012
  2. "코리아익스프레스에어 양양~부산 운항 재개" (in Korean). Yonhap News Agency. 6 February 2020.
  3. "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 19.
  4. "Korea Express Air Fleet Details and History". planespotters.net. 23 August 2018.