THE Saipan Chamber of Commerce issued the following statement on Monday regarding the closure of Asiana Airlines’ Saipan office:
“The loss of a legacy carrier Asiana that provided first and business class service will put a damper on our effort to promote quality-over-quantity. We are hopeful that the Marianas Visitors Authority is successful in securing an alternate legacy carrier, such as Korean Airlines soon, so we don’t lose much momentum from our Korean market which presently makes up over 80% of our visitors. Unfortunately, because we are heavily reliant on this market for our visitors at this time, the impact of Asiana’s closure will be felt for perhaps the remainder of 2024.”
