CORTIS Paris-Incheon Flight Delay: Big Hit Music Apologizes and Denies Airport Allegations

Big Hit Music has apologized after CORTIS was linked to a delayed Paris-to-Incheon flight on June 26, while denying separate allegations about airport conduct. The CORTIS Flight Delay became a public issue after online posts claimed that a flight scheduled to leave Paris at 2:40 p.m. local time took off at 3:18 p.m.¹

The agency acknowledged that boarding was delayed, attributing the situation to road congestion caused by a traffic accident on the way to the airport. It also rejected claims that CORTIS members changed clothes on a boarding bridge or had repeatedly caused flight delays, according to Korean media reports published on June 30.²

CORTIS Paris-Incheon Flight Delay

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The flight at the center of the controversy was reported as a June 26 service from Paris to Incheon. Maeil Business Newspaper / MK Sports reported that an online post alleged the aircraft was scheduled to depart at 2:40 p.m. but ultimately left at 3:18 p.m. local time.¹ Money Today described the claim as involving a Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport departure for Incheon and said the alleged delay was about 38 minutes.³

Newspim reported a more detailed version of the online account, saying the post claimed CORTIS boarded at 2:45 p.m. before the flight departed at 3:18 p.m.⁴ Seoul Shinmun also reported that online posts alleged the plane’s departure was delayed by nearly 40 minutes.⁵

The available source material does not include an airline statement or independent operational record confirming the precise cause of the departure time. The confirmed public response came from Big Hit Music, which said the group’s boarding was delayed because of road congestion following a traffic accident. Hankyung reported the agency’s Korean statement explaining that, in the case of the June 26 Paris-Incheon flight, boarding was delayed due to traffic congestion caused by an accident at the time.²

That explanation places the cause before boarding rather than inside the aircraft. The agency did not dispute that passengers on the same flight experienced inconvenience, but it framed the delay as the result of external traffic conditions.

Agency Apology and Disputed Claims

Big Hit Music apologized to passengers who were on the same flight. Maeil Business Newspaper / MK Sports reported the agency statement as: “We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience caused to passengers who used the same flight.”¹

Seoul Shinmun reported a Korean version of the same apology, stating that the agency apologized for inconveniencing passengers who used the flight.⁵ The apology was issued alongside denials of additional claims that circulated with the delay allegation.

Hankyung reported that Big Hit Music said claims that CORTIS members changed clothes on a boarding bridge were not true. The agency also denied allegations that the group had habitually delayed flights.² Newspim similarly reported that Big Hit Music rejected broader airport nuisance claims while acknowledging the June 26 delay and apologizing for it.⁴

One related point concerned a separate situation referenced in the agency’s response. Newspim reported that Big Hit Music said a particular situation mentioned in allegations occurred after a Japan schedule in October of the previous year.⁴ The source material does not provide enough detail to treat that separate situation as a confirmed part of the June 26 Paris-to-Incheon flight timeline.

The distinction is central to the current status of the case. Big Hit Music accepted responsibility for the inconvenience caused by delayed boarding on the Paris-Incheon flight, while denying the separate conduct allegations. The reports provided do not confirm that the boarding-bridge clothing-change allegation occurred.

Wider Context Around CORTIS Travel

The flight-delay controversy followed a separate Big Hit Music notice about fan-etiquette violations involving CORTIS’s travel schedule. Newsis reported on June 29 that the agency posted an update on Weverse about legal responses to privacy violations, including claims that some fans attached small GPS trackers to artists’ vehicles during the group’s Paris schedule or used local vehicles to follow them.⁶

Newsis also reported that the agency mentioned investigations into accounts distributing flight-ticket information and warned of strict action against fan-etiquette violations.⁶ That report is separate from the June 26 flight-delay apology, but it shows that CORTIS’s travel movements had already become part of a broader public and agency concern over privacy, safety, and airport conduct.

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The available record shows a limited but clear current status: Big Hit Music apologized for delayed boarding on the June 26 Paris-to-Incheon flight and said traffic congestion from a road accident caused the delay. At the same time, the agency denied separate claims about changing clothes on a boarding bridge, habitual flight delays, and broader airport nuisance behavior, leaving the controversy focused on an acknowledged delay and disputed surrounding allegations.