Bucheon has occupancy contracts with Korean Air, SK Innovation, SK hynix and DN Solutions for about 2.62 trillion won of R&D spending at Daejang. The site is still under construction, so the jobs Bucheon wants depend on those companies spending what they pledged.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence45
Parata Air starts flying Incheon-Shenzhen four times a week from Nov. 9, the newest of a run of China routes from Korean budget carriers. The seats are going into fast-rising Chinese demand, so the first fare fight is likelier on city pairs the carriers already share, such as Incheon-Qingdao.
Reality
- Evidence55
- Adoption60
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence55
South Korea's parliamentary transport committee called BYD Korea's head, its passenger-car chief and Tesla Korea's head to testify at its audit on Oct. 15. Both carmakers' Korean operations go on the record, and any further cost depends on what lawmakers do next.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap0
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence60
South Korea's Japan and China routes added 6.14 million passengers in January-August, slightly more than the 6.12 million gain in all international traffic. Southeast Asia shrank while the longer Americas and Europe routes grew, a pattern that points to surcharges moving the trips that had a closer substitute.
Reality
- Evidence62
- Adoption72
- Hype gap+10
- Incentives
- Insufficient
- Confidence65
Jet fuel averaged $149.29 a barrel in the window that set the September level, up 25.4%. Crude has since fallen, but Korean Air's long-haul surcharge still reaches 354,000 won a leg.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption82
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives71
- Confidence62