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Peach Aviation begins services to Singapore

Low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. holds a ceremony to inaugurate services to Singapore at Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2024. The first flight left the airport the same day.

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Peach Aviation begins services to Singapore

Low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. inaugurates services to Singapore with the first flight (back) leaving Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Peach Aviation begins services to Singapore

Low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. inaugurates services to Singapore with the first flight leaving Kansai airport in Osaka Prefecture on Dec. 4, 2024.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. President Masaru Kataoka attends a ceremony at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Jetstar Japan passengers top 50 million

Jetstar Japan Co. employees pose for a photo at Narita airport near Tokyo on May 24, 2024, after the low-cost carrier carried its 50 millionth passenger the previous day since its inaugural flight in July 2012.

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Budget plane with women's support project logo

Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.

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Budget plane with women's support project logo

Photo taken at Narita airport near Tokyo on March 4, 2024, shows an airplane of the Japan Airlines-affiliated low-cost carrier Zipair Tokyo, featuring the logo of the "Girls Be Ambitious" project launched by Be-A Japan, a Tokyo-based startup developing and selling absorbent period shorts to support women in the workforce.

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New LCC Toki Air

Toki Air propeller plane takes off from Niigata airport in Niigata northwest of Tokyo for the northern Japan city of Sapporo on Jan. 31, 2024, as the Niigata-based new low cost carrier launched its maiden commercial flight.

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The Village Of Missing Toddler May Be Cursed After Earlier Tragedies

File photo dated March 25, 2015 - (L-R) Minister-President of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia Hannelore Kraft, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy along with Le Vernet mayor François Balique and Prads-Haute-Bléone mayor Bernard Bartolini meet rescuers in Seyne-les-Alpes on March 25, 2015, a day after a German Airbus A320 of the low-cost carrier Germanwings crashed, killing all 150 people on board. The jet had taken off from Barcelona in Spain and was headed for Duesseldorf in Germany. - Residents of the French countryside hamlet of Haut Vernet where two-year-old boy Emile went missing on Saturday today referring to their home as a cursed 'village of the damned' because of its links with disaster. In March 2015, Vernet was cordoned off following a horrific air crash in which 150 people died, including two babies. Germanwings Airbus A320 was deliberately brought down by co-pilot Andres Lubitz, who had previously been treated for

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China successfully launches liquid oxygen-methane carrier rocket

STORY: China successfully launches liquid oxygen-methane carrier rocket DATELINE: July 12, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:31 LOCATION: JIUQUAN, China CATEGORY: SCIENCE/TECHNOLOGY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rocket STORYLINE: China on Wednesday successfully launched a new carrier rocket into space from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. The Zhuque-2 carrier rocket blasted off at 9:00 a.m. (Beijing Time) and completed the flight mission according to the procedure. Developed by the Chinese rocket company LandSpace, the Zhuque-2 is the world's first rocket to be powered by liquid oxygen-methane fuel and successfully enter its planned orbit. The launch marks a breakthrough in the application of new low-cost liquid propellants for China's carrier rockets. This was the second flight mission of the Zhuque-2 carrier rocket. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Jiuquan, China. (XHTV)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AIRBUS-CHINA-ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT-DELIVERY (CN)

(230627) -- TIANJIN, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows the A321neo aircraft delivered to Hungary's Wizz Air in north China's Tianjin. Airbus has, for the first time, delivered an aircraft assembled in north China's Tianjin Municipality to a European client. Hungary's Wizz Air, the largest Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier, took delivery of its first A321neo aircraft assembled in Airbus' Final Assembly Line (FAL Asia) at an event in Tianjin on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AIRBUS-CHINA-ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT-DELIVERY (CN)

(230627) -- TIANJIN, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows the A321neo aircraft delivered to Hungary's Wizz Air in north China's Tianjin. Airbus has, for the first time, delivered an aircraft assembled in north China's Tianjin Municipality to a European client. Hungary's Wizz Air, the largest Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier, took delivery of its first A321neo aircraft assembled in Airbus' Final Assembly Line (FAL Asia) at an event in Tianjin on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AIRBUS-CHINA-ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT-DELIVERY (CN)

(230627) -- TIANJIN, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows the A321neo aircraft delivered to Hungary's Wizz Air in north China's Tianjin. Airbus has, for the first time, delivered an aircraft assembled in north China's Tianjin Municipality to a European client. Hungary's Wizz Air, the largest Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier, took delivery of its first A321neo aircraft assembled in Airbus' Final Assembly Line (FAL Asia) at an event in Tianjin on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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CHINA-TIANJIN-AIRBUS-CHINA-ASSEMBLED AIRCRAFT-DELIVERY (CN)

(230627) -- TIANJIN, June 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on June 27, 2023 shows the A321neo aircraft delivered to Hungary's Wizz Air in north China's Tianjin. Airbus has, for the first time, delivered an aircraft assembled in north China's Tianjin Municipality to a European client. Hungary's Wizz Air, the largest Central and Eastern European low-cost carrier, took delivery of its first A321neo aircraft assembled in Airbus' Final Assembly Line (FAL Asia) at an event in Tianjin on Tuesday. (Xinhua)

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U.S. aviation regulator lifts pause on Southwest Airlines departures

STORY: U.S. aviation regulator lifts pause on Southwest Airlines departures DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:00 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Southwest flights departing and arriving at Reagan Airport in Washington D.C. (file) STORYLINE: The U.S. aviation regulator said on Tuesday that a pause on Southwest Airlines departures has been lifted. Southwest Airlines "experienced a technical issue with one of their internal systems" on Tuesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) tweeted. "At the airline's request, the FAA paused Southwest's departures as they resolved the issue," the agency said. "The pause has been lifted and their service has resumed." Southwest Airlines, a U.S.-based low-cost carrier, said on Twitter that the company had resumed operations on Tuesday morning following a pause in service. "We work to restore operations and accommodate disrupted customers as quickly as possible," the airlines said. More than 1,700 Southwest Airline

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Budget carrier Hong Kong Express to add Japan flights

OSAKA, Japan - Andrew Cowen (2nd from L), deputy chief executive officer of low-cost carrier Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd., and Keiichi Ando (R), president of New Kansai International Airport Co., take part in a cake-cutting ceremony at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 20, 2014, to mark the first anniversary of HK Express' service connecting Hong Kong and Kansai. Cowen unveiled a plan to increase the carrier's flights linking Hong Kong and Japan by around 10 per week by next summer.

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Singapore's Scoot eyes new air route in Japan in 2015

NAGOYA, Japan - Campbell Wilson, CEO of Singapore Airline's low cost carrier Scoot Pte Ltd., (2nd from R) visits Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya Works 1 in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct, 2, 2014. Scoot announced that it will open a Kansai International Airport-Singapore Changi Airport route in 2015.

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Budget carrier Scoot to launch Singapore-Osaka flights

NAGOYA, Japan - Campbell Wilson, chief executive officer of Singapore Airline's low-cost carrier Scoot Pte Ltd., speaks at a press conference at Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.'s Nagoya plant in Yatomi, Aichi Prefecture, on Oct. 2, 2014. Wilson said his company plans to launch flights linking Singapore and Kansai International Airport near Osaka in the first half of 2015.

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Nankai, Peach Aviation launches special "Rapi:t"

OSAKA, Japan - A special version of Nankai Electric Railway Co.'s "Rapi:t" limited express train sporting a design similar to low-cost carrier Peach Aviation's aircraft is seen in Osaka, western Japan, on Sept. 5, 2014. The "Happyliner" will run for about a year from Sept. 7 between Nankai Namba Station and Kansai-Airport Station.

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Jetstar's meal plan thought up by college students

TOKYO, Japan - An in-flight meal planned by Showa Women's University students for Jetstar Japan, a low cost carrier, is seen in this undated photo. Jetstar Japan Co. announced on July 7, 2014, it will serve the meal on nine routes, 20 sets per flight.

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Rakuten to acquire minority stake in AirAsia Japan

TOKYO, Japan - AirAsia Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes (C) and Rakuten Inc. Chief Executive Officer Hiroshi Mikitani (3rd from R) pose for a photo after a press conference in Tokyo on July 1, 2014. Rakuten announced it has agreed to acquire a minority stake in AirAsia Co., the new low-cost carrier of AirAsia in Japan.

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AirAsia, Rakuten chiefs meet press to launch new LCC venture

TOKYO, Japan - AirAsia Bhd Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes (L) and Rakuten Inc. President Hiroshi Mikitani (R) meet the press in Tokyo on July 1, 2014, to announce a plan to launch a joint low-cost carrier business in Japan next summer.

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Skymark inaugurates Airbus A330 in Japan

TOKYO, Japan - A flight attendant of the low-cost carrier Skymark Airlines serves passengers on an Airbus A330 passenger jet on June 14, 2014. The uniform underwent an alteration over concerns that it was too short.

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AirAsia X launches Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur flight

NAGOYA, Japan - Formula One driver Kamui Kobayashi (L) and others pose for photos during an event at Central Japan International Airport on March 17, 2014, to promote low-cost carrier AirAsia X's flights between the airport near Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur launched the same day.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A passenger plane operated by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. is seen on the tarmac at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014, as the airline company began daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka. Spring Airlines is the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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China's Spring Airlines launches Shanghai-Osaka flights

KANSAI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Japan - A ceremony is held to mark the inauguration of Shanghai-Osaka flights by Chinese budget carrier Spring Airlines Co. at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on March 15, 2014. Spring Airlines started daily round-trip flights between Shanghai and Osaka, becoming the first low-cost carrier connecting mainland China and Kansai International Airport.

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JetStar's 1st internally trained pilot makes debut flight

NARITA, Japan - Kuniyasu Mitsuhashi (R) holds a bunch of flowers presented to him at Tokyo's Haneda airport after his debut flight as the first internally trained pilot of low-cost carrier JetStar Japan Co. on March 3, 2014. Standing next to him is JetStar Japan CEO Miyuki Suzuki.

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Vanilla Air begins operation

NARITA, Japan - Tomonori Ishii (front L), president of Vanilla Air Inc., gives a souvenir to a passenger on the first flight for Naha, Okinawa Prefecture's capital, on the morning of Dec. 20, 2013, at Narita Airport near Tokyo, as Vanilla Air, a reborn low-cost carrier under ANA Holdings Inc., began operation with flights linking its base, Narita Airport, with Naha and Taipei.

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Vanilla Air begins operation

NARITA, Japan - Photo shows the first flight about to leave for Naha, Okinawa Prefecture's capital, on the morning of Dec. 20, 2013, at Narita Airport near Tokyo, as Vanilla Air, a reborn low-cost carrier under ANA Holdings Inc., began operation with flights linking its base, Narita Airport, with Naha and Taipei.

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AirAsia X to link Nagoya and Kuala Lumpur

NAGOYA, Japan - Azran Osman-Rani (R), chief executive officer of Malaysian low-cost carrier AirAsia X, announces a special discount price of 6,990 yen for one-way economy tickets between Kuala Lumpur and Central Japan International Airport near Nagoya, during a press conference in Nagoya on Nov. 18, 2013.

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Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii (C), president of budget airline AirAsia Japan, poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 30, 2013, after unveiling new designs for crew uniforms and flights. The low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc. will operate under the name of Vanilla Air from Nov. 1, 2013.

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AirAsia Japan to change name to Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii, president of AirAsia Japan, a low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc., tells a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2013, that it will change its name to Vanilla Air on Nov. 1 following the dissolution of the joint venture between its parent company and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd.

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AirAsia Japan to change name to Vanilla Air

TOKYO, Japan - Tomonori Ishii, president of budget airline AirAsia Japan, unveils the company's new name, Vanilla Air, at a news conference in Tokyo on Aug. 20, 2013. AirAsia Japan, a low-cost carrier wholly owned by ANA Holdings Inc., will adopt the new name on Nov. 1 following the dissolution of the joint venture between its parent company and Malaysia's AirAsia Bhd.

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Peach to start flying between Kansai, Narita airports

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue (C) and company staff at a press conference in Tokyo on June 11, 2013. The low-cost carrier said that day it will start two round-trip flights daily between Kansai airport and Narita airport on Oct. 27. The new service will be the first flights serving the Tokyo metropolitan area by Peach Aviation, which has been using Kansai International Airport in western Japan as its hub.

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Peach starts Sendai-Kansai flights

SENDAI, Japan - Officials and workers wave to the first flight of Peach Aviation Ltd. leaving Sendai Airport for Kansai International Airport on April 12, 2013. The Japanese low-cost carrier launched its flight service that day linking Sendai Airport with Kansai airport serving the Osaka area, becoming the first budget airline flying to the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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Peach starts Sendai-Kansai flights

SENDAI, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue speaks during a ceremony at Sendai Airport on April 12, 2013. The Japanese low-cost carrier launched its flight service that day linking Sendai Airport with Kansai International Airport serving the Osaka area, becoming the first budget airline flying to the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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Peach starts Sendai-Kansai flights

SENDAI, Japan - A ground worker guides check-in for a flight of Peach Aviation Ltd. at Sendai Airport on April 12, 2013. The Japanese low-cost carrier launched its flight service that day linking Sendai Airport with Kansai International Airport serving the Osaka area, becoming the first budget airline flying to the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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Peach starts Sendai-Kansai flights

SENDAI, Japan - Passengers head to board the first flight of Peach Aviation Ltd. at Sendai Airport on April 12, 2013. The Japanese low-cost carrier launched its flight service that day linking Sendai Airport with Kansai International Airport serving the Osaka area, becoming the first budget airline flying to the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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Peach starts Sendai-Kansai flights

SENDAI, Japan - The first flight of Peach Aviation Ltd. arrives at Sendai Airport from Kansai International Airport on April 12, 2013. The Japanese low-cost carrier launched its flight service that day linking Sendai Airport with Kansai airport serving the Osaka area, becoming the first budget airline flying to the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan.

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LCCs reviving women's dream of becoming flight attendants

OSAKA, Japan - Eri Otsubo, who works as a flight attendant for Peach Aviation Ltd., is seen at Kansai airport on Feb. 12, 2013. Otsubo, who has a daughter at kindergarten, was employed by the low cost carrier in September last year, realizing the dream she had abandoned when a university student.

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Peach Aviation marks 1st anniv.

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue (R) poses during a ceremony at Kansai International Airport on March 1, 2013, which was held as the Japanese low-cost carrier marked the first anniversary of its flights.

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Peach Aviation marks 1st anniv.

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Cabin attendants of Peach Aviation Ltd. welcome departing passengers on an early morning flight with high fives at Kansai International Airport on March 1, 2013, as the Japanese low-cost carrier marked the first anniversary of its flights.

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Peach Aviation marks 1st anniv.

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Cabin attendants of Peach Aviation Ltd. and life-size mascots from various locations served by the airline welcome departing passengers on an early morning flight at Kansai International Airport on March 1, 2013, when the Japanese low-cost carrier marked the first anniversary of its flights.

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Jetstar Japan eyes launching int'l flights in Asia in 2013

TOKYO, Japan - Jetstar Japan Co. Chief Executive Officer Miyuki Suzuki speaks during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on June 19, 2012. Suzuki said the low-cost carrier plans to launch international routes connecting Japan and neighboring Asian countries in 2013.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., pour peach juice into champagne glasses at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, on May 8, 2012, to celebrate its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul. To the left stands a cutout of Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

SEOUL, South Korea - Peach Aviation Ltd. Chief Executive Officer Shinichi Inoue (2nd from R) poses for photos after holding a press conference in Seoul on May 8, 2012. The Japanese low-cost carrier commenced its first international service the same day between Kansai International Airport, western Japan, and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l service

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. pose at Kansai International Airport, western Japan, on May 8, 2012, to celebrate its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, on May 8, 2012, see off passengers on its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Photo taken on May 8, 2012, shows the first international flight of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. taking off from Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture for Incheon International Airport near Seoul.

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Peach Aviation launches 1st int'l flights

KANSAI AIRPORT, Japan - Employees of Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd., wearing traditional Korean clothing, attend an event at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on May 8, 2012, to promote its first international service that commenced the same day between the airport and Incheon International Airport near Seoul.