T'way Air Co., Ltd. (), formerly Hansung Airlines, is a South Korean

low-cost airline A low-cost carrier or low-cost airline (occasionally referred to as '' no-frills'', ''budget'' or '' discount carrier'' or ''airline'', and abbreviated as ''LCC'') is an airline that is operated with an especially high emphasis on minimizing op ...

based in Seongsu-dong, Seongdong-gu, Seoul. In 2018, it is the third largest Korean low-cost carrier in the international market, carried 2.9 million domestic passengers and 4.2 million international passengers. Its international traffic has quadrupled over the past three years while domestic traffic has grown by only 12%. HL8237 (6933503175)

History

T'way Air began as Hansung Airlines (한성항공), which began flying between 2005 and 2008, after which the company reorganized and rebranded in 2010. The 't' in t'way stands for together, today and tomorrow. The airline was established on 8 August 2010 with two

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s. The following month, the airline obtained an

air operator's certificate An air operator's certificate (AOC) is the approval granted by a civil aviation authority (CAA) to an aircraft operator to allow it to use aircraft for commercial purposes. This requires the operator to have personnel, assets, and system in plac ...

(AOC) permitting domestic flights and commenced operations with services between

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and

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. The following year an AOC for international operations was awarded and in October it launched the first international service, to Bangkok. In 2013 the airline achieved a profit for the first time. In November that year cargo services were launched. In March 2014, T'way Air introduced its seventh Boeing 737-800 aircraft. In April 2022, T'way Air received its first Airbus A330. In october 2022, T'Way announced it will serve the connection between Incheon and Sydney, which will be its first long-haul connection.

Destinations

, T'way Air currently serves or plans to serve the following destinations:

Fleet

, T'way Air operates the following aircraft:

Retired fleet

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