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Dulles International Airport has expanded its connections to South Korea with new year-round nonstop flights between the Washington region and Seoul.

Korean carrier Air Premia now flies between Dulles and Seoul Incheon International Airport on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. The route uses a 320-seat Boeing 787 with premium economy and economy cabins.

The service is Dulles’ first new route to South Korea in more than 30 years, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue Officer Chryssa Westerlund said during an April 24 ribbon-cutting ceremony.

“These new flights bring our region a strong premium economy option for travel between Washington and Seoul,” Westerlund said.

Dulles is Air Premia’s fifth U.S. destination and its second on the East Coast. The airline also connects East Asia with Honolulu, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Newark.

Korean Air already operates nonstop service between Dulles and Incheon, while other airlines offer connecting itineraries. The expanded service comes as the Washington region is home to more than 100,000 Korean-born residents, the second-largest such population center on the East Coast, according to MWAA.

The launch celebration outside gate B45 included Korean fan dancing and drumming by Washington’s JUB Cultural Center. Attendees also toured the airport aboard a mobile lounge to watch the inaugural arrival, and passengers received commemorative gifts.

Air Premia Chief Strategy Officer Kwangeun Park called the launch a major step in the airline’s effort to connect international destinations, saying the route links the administrative capitals of South Korea and the United States.

The addition follows a record year at Dulles, which handled 29.01 million passengers in 2025. Its 46 airlines provided more than 340 daily flights to 164 destinations worldwide.

After winter weather grounded flights in late January and the U.S.-Israel war in Iran disrupted Middle East service, Dulles is preparing for more expansion. EVA Air is scheduled to begin the airport’s first nonstop service to Taipei on June 26, while the new Concourse E is expected to open this fall.