Jin Air commences Seoul to Cairns flights

Cairns Airport is pleased to announce new direct flights from Seoul to Cairns have been secured for the first time with Jin Air.
The seasonal direct flights will commence from December and will provide access for up to 5,000 extra visitors and a year-round service will grow to allow access for up to 41,000 visitors each year.
Cairns Airport General Manager-Aeronautical Janice Antonson welcomed the announcement that Cairns would be the first Australian city on the Jin Air route network.
Cairns is only the third Australian airport to receive direct flights from Korea
“We are so excited that Jin Air have chosen to bring visitors to Queensland via Cairns,” Ms Antonson said.
The new route was secured through Tourism and Events Queensland, Tourism Australia and Cairns Airport. TEQ will work with Jin Air, Tourism Australia, Cairns Airport, Tourism Tropical North Queensland and the tourism industry on marketing activities to support the new route.
The twice weekly, seasonal service will start in December 2016 and go through to February 2017
Cairns will be the second Queensland city with direct connections to South Korea, with Korean Air servicing Brisbane all year-round.”

IATA ICAO Callsign LJ JNA JIN AIR

Jin Air, a low cost carrier of Korean Air, has grown rapidly since its inaugural flight in July 2008. The airline is young and exciting, traits reflected in its uniform of jeans and shirt. Jin Air currently operates flights to 3 domestic cities and 27 international destinations. The carrier launched the first long haul route between Incheon and Honolulu in December 2015 and now serves its customers with a fleet of 17 B737-800 and 3 B777-200ER. All maintenance and trainings are carried out by Korean Air and to better utilize the belly capacity, it has commenced cargo services since November 2013.

The Chinese letter Jin (眞) means truth, contains the will of Jin Air to provide true and sincere service. This Chinese letter is used for the actual company name of Jin Air. The Korean pronunciation of Chinese letter (眞) is similar to that of English ‘jean’ and the uniform of Jin Air is a pair of jeans. Jin Air has been using a pair of jeans as the uniform of cabin crew, cockpit crew and ground personnel from the time the company was established, and is described as the symbol of Jin Air. It has something in common with Jin (眞) in that the intent is to approach customers more intimately by wearing a pair of blue jeans and to offer more active and positive service with the eventual purpose of providing sincere service.

Looks like I will be off to Cairns in December to see this arrive.