Fortunes have differed widely for the handful of startup airlines that launched operations in the Asia-Pacific region in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
Air Premia says its plan is to introduce "at least two additional aircraft every year," but the South Korean carrier is struggling to source additional 787s.
Air Premia, Aero K and Fly Gangwon were all granted business licenses in March 2019, but nobody could have predicted the crisis that would follow soon after.
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