CLARK FREEPORT -- Korean Air has inaugurates its daily flights from Incheon, South Korea to Clark International Airport.

The airline's maiden flight KE 635 carrying 214 passengers from lncheon International Airport, which took four hours and 10 minutes, was welcomed with a ceremonial water cannon salute upon landing at Clark airport on Sunday.

An inaugural flight ceremony at the airport's passenger terminal was attended by government and industry officials, including Transportation Secretary Arthur Tugade; Department of Tourism Central Luzon director Carolina Uy, Lipad President Bi Yong Chungunco, and others.

Tugade assured the carrier all support coming from the Department of Tourism (DOTr).

Cheol Lee, Regional Manager of Korean Air Philippines, thanked the Philippine government for supporting the launching of their new route.

Korean Air is using an Airbus A330 for its Incheon-Clark flights. The aircraft departs Incheon at 7:55 a.m. and arrives in Clark at 11 a.m. It then departs Clark at 1:10 p.m. and arrive back in Incheon by 6:10 p.m.

Passengers entering South Korea and wishing to travel onwards enjoy easy connections at Incheon International Airport, with access to a wide range of destinations in Asia and Oceania for both business and leisure travel.

With the addition of the new route, Korean Air now operates 460 flights per day to 125 cities in 44 countries.

Korean Air was established in 1969 and it is one of the world's top 20 airlines. It carried more than 26 million passengers in 2018.