Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport approves international tourism flights for re-proliferation of coronavirus
The war of discount discount…Jeju Air, Kakao Pay, etc.
[서울=뉴스핌] Reporter Goo Hye-rin = The international tourist plane that goes down overseas without landing will take off for the first time on the 12th.
Lotte, Shilla, and Shinsegae Duty Free have come up with various promotion plans in direct cooperation with airlines to induce tourists to purchase duty-free goods.
◆Deferred approval for strengthening’social distancing’…First takeoff on the 12th
According to the government and industry on the 8th, the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs gave the airline a’non-landing international tourist flight’ permission to operate the day before. It’s been a while since the government announced an international tourism flight promotion plan to support the aviation and duty-free industry at the Korean version of the New Deal Economic Ministers’ Meeting last month. International tourist flight is a’travel with only the purpose of flight itself’, which uses an international flight but does not enter or leave other countries.
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Accordingly, Jeju Air and Asiana Airlines will launch their first non-landing international flight at Incheon International Airport on the 12th. Initially, airlines applied for permission to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport with plans to take off on the 9th, but approval was delayed as the’social distancing’ was extended due to the third re-proliferation of Corona 19. In fact, in line with the strengthening of government regulations, Korean Air completely withdrew its plan to operate tourism flight products.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said that there is no problem for passengers flying for international tourism since the boarding line is separated from the general passenger. Passengers on sightseeing flights are boarded after going through immigration and fever inspection. Quarantine measures and diagnostic tests are exempted after entering the country after flight. Earlier, when some airlines operated domestic tourist flights departing from Gimpo International Airport, no corona19 confirmed cases occurred.
Domestic duty-free shops have prepared various promotions in preparation for duty-free shopping for international tourists. Passengers on international tourism flights can use the in-flight, airport departure and arrival halls, and duty-free shops in the city (including the Internet) for only $600 (about 650,000 won). If you use an Internet duty-free shop, you can find duty-free items in the same way as when using a general international flight. Earlier, the Ministry of Information and Communication presented about 2.8 billion won in sales from the duty-free industry from tourism flights.
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◆”Which duty-free shop should I use”…Solsol discount event for each duty-free shop
Shinsegae Duty Free has directly partnered with Jeju Air. From the 12th to the 2nd of next year, passengers boarding a non-landing international flight with Jeju Air can receive a 20% discount (up to 600,000 won) when purchasing duty-free goods at Shinsegae Duty Free. Enter the random number you receive when making an international flight reservation on the event page in Shinsegae Internet Duty Free.
In addition, Shinsegae Duty Free Shop will also present up to 100,000 won in smart prepaid, which can be used in all offline stores. The card payback event is also raised. It is possible to receive paybacks up to 860,000 won because it is possible to redeem the BC, Nonghyup, and Kakao Pay card events held at offline stores.
The Shilla Duty Free Shop runs its own discount events at the downtown duty free shops and internet duty free shops. The Seoul store is holding a’Red Sale’ that offers up to 80% discount on 50 branded products until January 6th next year. The Seoul store also presents 8,000 points to customers who purchase more than $100 and presents’S Rewards’ points worth up to 525,000 won.
Internet duty-free stores conduct their own simple payment,’Silla Pay’ promotion. If you pay with Shilla Pay, you can get an instant discount of up to 17% with no limit on the number of uses. New Silla Pay subscribers will receive 4000 points of S Rewiz. Also, from the 11th to the 31st of next year, when paying with KB Kookmin Card, you can receive an additional discount of up to 100,000 won.
Lotte Duty Free has signed an exclusive partnership with Kakao Pay. Customers who pay with Kakao Pay at Lotte Internet Duty Free Shops will receive up to $110 per purchase amount, and up to 150,000 won to customers who purchase with Kakao Pay (money) at downtown stores.
All customers who purchase more than $300 at Lotte Duty Free downtown stores can receive’LDF PAY’ of up to 70,000 won per purchase amount. Lotte Internet Duty Free offers up to $170 in reserves for each purchase amount. In addition, discounts of up to 250,000 won per purchase amount are provided to customers who purchase with BC Card at Lotte Duty Free downtown stores, and up to $110 per purchase amount to customers who pay with L Pay and Toss at Lotte Internet Duty Free.
An official from the duty-free industry said, “We have prepared various promotions with the hope that non-landing travel will be comforting in a situation where overseas travel is virtually impossible. We plan to do our best to prevent confusion by following the rules of keeping the airport duty free.” Said.
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