News / Jeju Air suspends cargo business after ministry orders safety checks

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South Korean low-cost carrier Jeju Air is to suspend nearly 2,000 flights and stop carrying cargo from 2 February until the end of March, after the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ordered all nine of the country’s LCCs to improve safety standards.

The ruling followed Jeju Air’s flight 7C2216 from Bangkok, which landed on its belly and skidded at high speed, crashing into a concrete wall at the end of the runway at South Korea’s Muan International Airport on 29 ...