South Korea's Korea Fair Trade Commission has begun deliberations on allegations that Korean Air, Jin Air and Asiana Airlines breached merger-related seat-capacity requirements by providing less than 90% of 2019 capacity on Cheongju-Jeju routes between December 2024 and December 2025. An examiner's report recommended penalties and a referral for criminal investigation, but the full commission has yet to decide. In a separate matter, the examiner recommended rejecting Korean Air and four affiliated airlines' request to reduce the minimum capacity requirement on Incheon-Guam and Busan-Guam routes from 90% to 70% of 2019 levels, citing insufficient grounds for changing the conditions. The airlines pointed to weaker Guam demand; South Korean arrivals fell 30.8% year-on-year to 133,879 from January through July, according to the Guam Government Tourism Office. The affected parties will have an opportunity to present their defense before a final plenary decision. Asiana operates as a Korean Air subsidiary, with the companies scheduled to merge into one corporate entity on Dec. 17.