The first seasonal Delta Air Lines flight has arrived in Brisbane, which has become the US airline’s second Australian destination after Sydney. Flight DL93 arrived in Brisbane from Los Angeles at 7:18am on Friday aboard N522DZ, an A350-900 painted in Delta’s 2028 Olympic Games livery. The service, announced in February, will operate three times per week and is anticipated to deliver more than 271,000 seats over three years. “We are over the moon that Brisbane is now Delta’s second destination in Australia. The arrival of one of the world’s largest carriers speaks volumes about this city’s growing prominence as a global destination,” said Brisbane Airport CEO Gert-Jan de Graaff. “We are entering a historic age of connectivity across the Pacific, with 31 flights per week from North America by 5 carriers from 4 major hubs opening up a world of connections. This marks an unprecedented level of tourism, trade and connection between the people of Queensland and the United States and Canada.” The US is Brisbane’s fifth largest source of international visitors, and US Consul-General Christine Elder said Brisbane has become “a top destination for tourism and business”. “These new flights between Brisbane and Los Angeles will facilitate more trade and connections between the U.S. and Australia,” she said.<br/>
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Busan’s politicians, businesspeople and civic groups have been trying to prevent Korean Air from relocating Air Busan to Incheon International Airport from the nation’s second-largest city. Their move came as Korean Air is set to include Asiana Airlines as its subsidiary on Dec. 12 and integrate Jin Air with Asiana’s two budget carriers, following the approvals from antitrust regulators in the European Union and other countries for the takeover. Air Busan is one of Asiana’s two low-cost carriers (LCCs) along with Air Seoul. After Korean Air announced its plan to acquire Asiana in November 2020, Busan’s business community has called for the sale of Air Busan to a local company. Busan’s city government, on the other hand, has sought to host the integrated LCC’s headquarters. During the metropolitan city government’s meeting on Wednesday with the city’s businesspeople and civic groups, however, the participants agreed to ask Korean Air and the central government to locate the integrated LCC’s headquarters in Busan or to leave Air Busan as an independent entity headquartered in the city. They also emphasized the need for Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon to meet with Korean Air Chairman Cho Won-tae. However, it remains uncertain whether Korean Air will accept the request.<br/>