OAG Names DARS as Regional Representative in South Korea

WASHINGTON, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- OAG (www.oagaviation.com), the global leader in aviation intelligence, announces the appointment of DARS, Inc. as its regional representative in South Korea. DARS is a leading airlines sales and marketing company in South Korea providing customized and innovative passenger and cargo sales services.

"We are happy to be selected as OAG's representative in South Korea. As one of the fast growing countries, South Korea presents OAG with many opportunities to develop and offer Korean markets a number of products for the travel and cargo sectors," said Mr. Don Hur, CEO & President, DARS Inc. "We believe that there are many opportunities for OAG in Korea and know that they will succeed due to the quality of their products and the devotion of the experts of our company."

DARS' mission is to promote the full range of cargo and travel products and services offered by OAG to the South Korean market.

"We are delighted to have DARS join our network of representatives; their management has extensive experience in the airline and air cargo industries and will provide a strong local base for growing the business," said Mario M. Hardy, Vice President – Asia Pacific, OAG.  "OAG has been present in the South Korean market for over 25 years and we believe that there are opportunities for growth, especially in the area of cargo information."

About OAG

OAG provides the industry's most accurate single source for airline information, with essential aviation data and analytics sourced from its comprehensive proprietary airline schedules, fleet and MRO (maintenance, repair and overhaul) databases. OAG is a UBM Aviation business. It is organized into a number of customer-facing channels including OAG Cargo. OAG Cargo provides the global air cargo community with an expanding portfolio of innovative products and services. Its air freight community portal OAGcargo.com includes tools for routing and shipment planning, dangerous goods regulations, a real-time air freight rates database, air and road schedule data, tracking and analysis solutions and multi-media cargo schedule products. Its renowned in forwarding service has more than 30,000 registered freight forwarding and airline users in 26 markets worldwide. For more information, go to www.oagaviation.com.

About DARS

DARS was established in August, 2004. DARS represents five airlines GSA in the Korean market. Mr. Don HUR, President, DARS, has over 37 years aviation industry experience, including Korean Air, Air Canada etc. He started his airline career at KE as sales & operation manager from 1973. He also elected as the chairman of Airline Operators' Committee in Korea from 2004 to 2007. The senior staffs of DARS have over 18 years of airline industry experience at United Airlines, Delta Airlines, Air Canada and Galileo GDS Company. For more information, go to www.dars.co.kr.

SOURCE OAG