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Jin Air is headquartered in Deungchon-dong, Gangseo-gu, Seoul. The name "Jin Air" was officially announced on June 15, 2008, at an opening ceremony in Seoul. It began operations in July 2008 with routes to regional destinations in South Korea. The inaugural flight was between Seoul's Gimpo International Airport and Jeju International Airport on July 17, 2008, using a Boeing 737-800. In December 2009, Jin Air began its first scheduled international flights to Bangkok.
Jin Air was the third and last company to join the Korea Exchange (KRX) by way of an initial public offering (IPO) in 2017, alongside Studio Dragon and TissueGene. On October 30, 2017, the KRX announced that Jin Air passed the IPO preliminary approval. Jin Air had its IPO on December 8, 2017.
On 20 February 2021, United Airlines Flight 328, operated by a Boeing 777 powered by PW4077-112 engines suffered a fan blade failure shortly after takeoff. This was the third such incident with the Boeing 777 in three years and the fifth PW4000 series engine turbine blade failure in service. CAA, FAA, and JCAB grounded all Boeing 777 aircraft with PW4000 engines following advice from Boeing. All carriers had complied with the mandatory groundings or done so voluntarily with the exception of Jin Air's four 777-200ER aircraft until the FAA issued a further airworthiness directive 4 days later. On 12 June 2022, Jin Air returned its first 777 to scheduled service.
In December 2024, it was reported that Korean Air will merge Air Busan, Air Seoul and Jin Air, to be wholly or partly owned and rebranded as Jin Air.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jin Air, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.3