Set up Zagreb branch this month following Rome branch in March ‘Starting in June’ Contact Office First Set Up in Paris Barcelona and Frankfurt are also in the process of establishing branches.
T’way Airlines, which is transferring four European routes from Korean Air, is speeding up its efforts to strengthen its local network by securing branches in major European cities, starting with Rome, Italy.
According to the aviation industry on the 19th, T’way Airlines completed the registration of its Rome branch in Italy in March. T’way Airlines was found to have completed the branch registration process in Italy shortly after it resolved the establishment of a Rome branch through a board resolution in March.
Following Rome, it was confirmed that the branch was registered in Zagreb, Croatia, this month. T’way Airlines began operating its first TW505 flight from Incheon to Zagreb, Croatia, on the morning of the 16th and began operating on a European route.
This is the first time T’way Airlines has opened a European branch. Until now, T’way Airlines has operated a total of 52 locations, including eight domestic cities, 41 Asian cities, and two U.S. territories (Guam, Saipan). With the addition of two branches in Europe, a total of 54 regions have been established.
Currently, T’way Airlines’ Rome branch has been temporarily established in Milan, Italy. T’way Airlines said, “We plan to move our address to Rome as soon as possible.”
T’way Airlines will transfer some of Korean Air’s European routes to benefit from the merger with Korean Air and Asiana Airlines. There are four routes: Paris, France, Rome, Italy, Barcelona, Spain, and Frankfurt, Germany.
Opening branches is essential for smooth route operation, including sales and marketing to travel agencies and local companies. T’way Airlines was the first of these countries to establish a network base in Italy.
Paris, Barcelona, and Frankfurt are also pushing to establish branches. It is said that the appointment of branch managers in four European cities was already completed earlier this year.
Paris, France, which was scheduled to be the first of the four European routes, has opened a liaison office first, and branch establishment is still underway.
T’way Airlines was initially preparing for the Paris route to be launched in June, but French authorities put a brake on T’way’s service to Paris, citing violations of the aviation agreement. Since signing an aviation agreement in 1974, Korea and France have allowed Asiana Airlines to operate only Korean Air on Paris routes for 34 years, but expanded to “two Korean airlines” in 2008. France argues that T’way Airlines’ launch in June is contrary to the existing agreement.
“The approval of the French aviation authority for the service to Paris, France, has not yet been received by the current standards,” T’Way Airlines said.