The transport ministry instructed nine low-cost carriers to improve safety standards and avoid prioritising cost-cutting.

South Korea plans to enhance its regulation of domestic low-cost carriers and impose strict penalties on those that do not comply with new safety standards, Yonhap News Agency reported. On Park Sang-woo,

South Korea’s transport ministry has announced measures to increase scrutiny of the country’s LCCs in the wake of the fatal Jeju Air crash in December. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) held a meeting with the CEOs of nine LCCs in Seoul to discuss the changes and airline...