He said the airline did not make a follow-up after their exchange of communication last year.
“We haven’t had any formal agreement with T’way. We only had one communication and there’s nothing else,” he told the Variety.
The airline inquired last year about the feasibility of providing a low-cost air service between Seoul and Saipan, which is located about 1,900 miles from each other.
Just like Sichuan Airlines, which recently launched two charter flights between the cities of Guangzhou and Shanghai to Saipan, T’way is also partly government owned.
A joint partnership by the City government of Cheongju and the University of Chungcheong is financing the operations of T’way, according to news accounts.
With its new name T’way, the airline acquired a Boeing 737-800 plane last year with new financiers.
South Korea is the biggest market of the local tourism industry after Japan.
Deleon Guerrero said T’way’s entry could have filled the need for more travelers from South Korea.
