South Korean low cost airline Jeju Air, the largest in the country, will now be distributed around the world by Asia-based GDS provider Abacus.
SINGAPORE- Abacus International, a leading revenue partner for airlines in Asia Pacific, announced a new partnership with Jeju Air, Korea’s largest low-cost carrier (LCC) airline offering both domestic and international flights.
The distribution of Jeju’s content now gives Abacus-connected agents exclusive access to an ever-expanding LCC portfolio in Asia Pacific. Abacus users will have real-time access to all of Jeju’s flight schedules and fares by extending Jeju’s service offerings to customers across Korea and subsequently across the Asia Pacific.
With Jeju Air rapidly expanding its international network to Bangkok, the Philippines, Guam, China and Japan, Abacus-connected agents can look forward to richer content and additional sales opportunities with the new Jeju Air-Abacus partnership.
“Distributing our content through the Abacus system greatly simplifies booking procedures for agents in South Korea,” says Um Boo Young, Chief Operating Officer of Jeju Air. “It benefits our business as we can now achieve greater cost savings and efficiency and gives Jeju Air greater reach to our customers by providing options to other Korean city designations via our domestic and international routes.”
“With Jeju Air expanding rapidly to new destinations in China, such as Nanchang, and additional frequencies to Japan, Hong Kong, and Bangkok, Abacus is helping Jeju Air achieve higher sales and better yield. This will drive greater two-way traffic flow between Southeast Asia and North Asia from Korea’s international airport hubs in Seoul and Busan, where Jeju Air operates from,” said Mr. Ho Hoong Mau, Abacus International’s Division Head of Abacus International.
Singapore-based Abacus International is the Asia-Pacific’s leading provider of travel solutions and services with more than 20,000 travel agency locations in 31 markets. With over 24 years of experience in fusing international best practices and local expertise with global and local partnerships, Abacus provides travel information and reservations specifically tailored to the Asia-Pacific region. Abacus International is owned by Sabre and a consortium of Asia’s leading airlines.
Jeju Air is Korea’s main domestic carrier offering daily scheduled domestic flights as well as international flights either from Seoul Incheon or Gimpo to Bangkok, Fukuoka, Hong Kong, Manila, Nagoya, Osaka and Qingdao. It also offers a daily frequency from Busan to Bangkok. The airline adjusted its schedule this summer by cancelling its flights to Ho Chi Minh City. However it opened on March 31 new daily services from Seoul Incheon to both Cebu in the Philippines and to Guam.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
