Incheon, Tiger Airways postpone budget carrier launch

AFP

SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's Incheon city has postponed the launch of a joint-venture budget carrier with Singapore's Tiger Airways in the face of fierce opposition from domestic low-cost airlines, a report said.

"We've decided to put off the application for a licence indefinitely," Baik Eun-Gi, director general of the city's port, airport and logistics bureau, was quoted as saying by Yonhap news agency late Monday.

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