Korean Air Axing Melbourne-Seoul route?

[ctrunfree]

Hi folks

Have been trying to book a Melbourne-Seoul-Paris return trip for next May without success on a couple of websites, including Korean Air's. Can be done ex Sydney, but not Melbourne. Does this mean Korean plan to axe that route? How come there hasn't been any announcement in the press (or have I missed it?)

 

[Simo]

Have you looked on Koreans Airs web site and see if there is a media release.

 

[ctrunfree]

Couldn't see anything to that effect...and have done lots of googling without any success...

 

[Simo]

Couldn't see anything to that effect...and have done lots of googling without any success...

I have done some quick searches as well.

Send an e mail or FB the airline

 

[ctrunfree]

Korean doesn't give you an email option, but Facebook is a good idea!

 

[Ansett]

Hi Not sure if this helps but just found this

Tue,Thu,Sat 07:45 Melbourne (MEL) 2 17:55 Incheon, Seoul (ICN) Korean Air LinesKE 126Non-stop Airbus A330-200 (332) 11:10 Valid until 2012-10-06

Tue,Thu,Sat 07:45 Melbourne (MEL) 2 17:55 Incheon, Seoul (ICN) Korean Air LinesKE 126Non-stop Airbus A330-200 (332) 11:10 Effective from 2013-04-09

Tue,Thu,Sat 08:40 Melbourne (MEL) 2 17:55 Incheon, Seoul (ICN) Korean Air LinesKE 126Non-stop Airbus A330-200 (332) 11:15 Effective 2012-10-30 through 2013-03-30

Tue,Thu,Sat 08:45 Melbourne (MEL) 2 17:55 Incheon, Seoul (ICN) Korean Air LinesKE 126Non-stop Airbus A330-200 (332) 11:10 Effective 2012-10-09 through 2012-10-27

Tue,Thu,Sat 08:45 Melbourne (MEL) 2 17:55 Incheon, Seoul (ICN) Korean Air LinesKE 126Non-stop Airbus A330-200 (332) 11:10 Effective 2013-04-02 through 2013-04-06

It does seem as though the flights are still available may well be a booking issue with the Engine maybe related to recent Meltdown with Virgin etc.


Information was from Flight Mapper

 

[ctrunfree]

Thanks Ansett- its been an issue for about a week now, and the rest of the site seems to handle bookings for other routes OK, so sees unlikely to be linked to the recent tech problems.

 

[Ansett]

Just also found this on the Korean Air Website

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[ctrunfree]

Yep, it seems to be Ok up to that date, but no good in April/May.

 

[ctrunfree]

Finally got some confirmation from the Korean Air. The reservations people were informed today that they will no longer fly that route after 4 March 2013

 

[Aussie_flyer]

wow no more direct Melbourne - Korea link. I'd love if Asiana stepped in at this point.