T'way Airlines

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T'way Airlines
티웨이항공
Tiway hanggong
IATA
TW		 ICAO
TWB		 Callsign
TEEWAY
Founded 2004 as Hansung Airlines
2010 as T'way Airlines
Focus cities Seoul, South Korea
Fleet size 5
Destinations 6
Company slogan It's yours, t'way.
Headquarters Seoul, South Korea
Key people CEO
Website http://www.twayair.com/

T'way Air Co., Ltd., operating as T'way Airlines (Hangul: 티웨이항공; RR: Tiway hanggong), is a low-cost airline based in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea,[1][2] offering scheduled flights between Seoul Gimpo Airport and Jeju International Airport.

History

The airline was established in 2004 as Hansung Airlines (Hangul:한성항공,RR:Hansung Hanggong), which arose out of a collaboration between the city government of Cheongju and the University of Chungcheong. The first aircraft order for an ATR 72 aircraft was placed in August of the same year. One year later, Hansung Airlines received its AOC, thus being formally approved. The first commercial flight, which lead from Cheongju Airport to Jeju International Airport, took place on 31 August 2005. With the delivery of another two ATR-72s,[3] the airline launched services between Jeju and Gimpo.

On 19 December 2005, merely four months after the launch, Hansung Airlines suspended all services due to budgetary constraints.[4] On 15 February 2006, flights could be resumed, but financial difficulties remained, resulting in another shut-down in October 2008, which lasted nearly two years.

The airline was formally re-launched on 8 August 2010, now under the changed name T'way Air co., Ltd. The first flight was announced for 16 September,[5] five days after T'way took delivery of its first brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft.[6]

Destinations

T'way Airlines at Taipei Songshan Airport

T'way has a Codeshare agreement with the following airline:

Fleet

As of May 2013, the T'Way fleet consists of four Boeing 737-800 aircraft with an average age of 10.8 years, each of which provides space for 189 passengers and 186 passengers in an all-economy class cabin layout.[6]

T'Way Airlines fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Order Seats
Boeing 737-800 6 - 186, 189

See also

References

  1. ↑ Copyright.gif. T'way Airlines. Retrieved on July 4, 2011.
  2. ↑ "会社概要." T'way Airlines Japan. Retrieved on November 4, 2012. "18F 706-1,Yeoksam-dong,Gangnam-gu,Seoul,KOREA 135-918"
  3. ↑ Hansung Airlines former fleet at airfleets.net
  4. ↑ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 89. 
  5. ↑ Hansung Airlines announces re-launch as T'way Airlines
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 T'way Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net

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