Lisbon Set to Receive East Asia Flights

Korean Air's new route to Lisbon will be the airport's first regularly scheduled flight to East Asia, starting in September 2024.

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A Korean Air 787-9 being delivered at Boeing's North Charleston, S.C. facility (Photo: AirlineGeeks | Hisham Qadri)
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Key Takeaways:

Korean Air is planning to begin regularly scheduled flights between Lisbon and Seoul Incheon starting in September 2024. The new route is slated to be Lisbon’s longest at 6,474 miles.

According to AeroRoutes, the new Seoul-Lisbon route is scheduled to begin on Sept. 11, 2024, operating three times per week. Flights will be operated by a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner.

Outbound flights are scheduled to depart Incheon at approximately 1 p.m. local time, arriving in Lisbon around 8 p.m. The return flight departs Lisbon around 10 p.m. local time, arriving in Seoul the next day.

Per Cirium Diio schedule data, Lisbon’s current longest flight is flown by TAP Air Portugal with service to San Francisco, which is planned at 5,681 miles. Korean Air’s new route will also be the airport’s first regularly scheduled flight to East Asia.

Ryan Ewing

Ryan founded AirlineGeeks.com in February 2013 and has spent more than a decade covering the airline business. His work has been featured by CNN, WJLA, CNET, and Business Insider. His aviation experience spans airport operations, Part 135 regulatory compliance, and airline crew workforce planning, along with time behind the yoke of a Cessna 172 and interviews with airline executives. Ryan now serves as Group President of Firecrown Media’s Aviation Group. He holds a B.S. in Air Transportation Management and an MBA from Arizona State University and teaches Airline Management at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University.
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