[THE INVESTOR] Korean Air Lines received its second B787-9 aircraft on April 27.

Korea’s biggest carrier will put the 269-seat Dreamliner jet initially on its Gimpo-Jeju Island route from May 2 and then international routes from June, the company said in a statement.

The national flag carrier plans to operate three flights a day on the Gimpo-Jeju route and then begin service on long-range routes to Fukuoka and Toronto, it said.

In 2005, Korean Air signed a contract with Boeing to purchase a total of 10 B787-9 Dreamliner with the delivery to be completed by 2019. Five of them will arrive this year.

By Alex Lee and newswires (alexlee@heraldcorp.com)