More CNMI to Seoul flights

4:36 pm on 1 April 2015

The South Korean budget airline Jeju Air has launched a second daily flight to Saipan in the Northern Marianas for the summer season to late October.

Saipan airport

Saipan airport Photo: supplied

With a total of 174 seats per flight, Jeju Air's second daily flight has the potential of bringing in an additional 5,000 tourists from South Korea each month to the CNMI.

In January, there were more than 21,000 Korean visitors, the highest monthly total on record.