Korean Air Lines Co., South Korea's top carrier, said Wednesday that it will not consider resuming its flights to Cairo until April as unrest continues to sweep Arab countries.
Korean Air has stopped its flights between Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and the Egyptian capital on its Incheon-Tashkent-Cairo route for safety reasons since early February when unrest in the African nation intensified.
"We've thought about the resumption of flights to Cairo next week, as the situation in Egypt has been stabilized," said a Korean Air official by phone. However, we decided to wait and see how the situation develops for some time as unrest spreads through every Arab nation."
Resumption of flights could be considered as early as April, the official added.
Flights linking Incheon, South Korea's main gateway, and Tashkent remain in service. Korean Air, however, has reduced the number of weekly flights on the route to two from three.