Rain, will fly his own chartered plane for his world tour.

For his 2006-2007 world tour, Singer Rain (24) is planning to have his own chartered plane. The world tour will start in December of 2006 and the chartered plane will be for all his concert staff members.

JYP Entertainment's representative Hong Seung Sung said "we are considering the option of chartering a plane for Rain's world tour that will start in december." In addition he mentioned "If they do charter a plane, the plane will have a picture of Rain and his name on the outside of the plane and they will use this plane to bring all the staff members to the various cities in which the concert will take place."

JYP is negotiating with an airline company for a deal with the chartering of a plane for Rain.

Rain's world tour will include China, Singapore, Malaysia, Japan, and Thailand... about 10 nations in asian and the United States. About 5 concerts in China, about 3 in Japan, and others in other countries which will add up to about 50 concerts in total. Every concert requires many people including the manager, the coordinator, dancers, producer and others which add up to about 110 people.

This is how they envision Rain's Charter plane would look like. (Picture posted in JYP site)

Representative Hong mentions "to transport all of these staff members separately is not economical. It would be more economical to charter a plane because as Rain's popularity grows, the venues get bigger and the amount of concerts get greater."

Many foreign pop stars often have their own chartered planes when they are touring the world. Last month Lee Hyo Ri was about to charter a plane to hold her showcase with the sponsorship for Bugs (a korean music site).

When Rain releases his 4th album in September, he will release them in about 10 other asian countries. And at this time, he will hold his showcase in the stadium in which the Olympics took place.

Rain is working on his Japanese Single Album which will be released in April and at the end of this month, he will start shooting the movie "I'm a cyborg but it's ok" with director Park Chan Wook.

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English translation by tokki of www.jype.com/rain.club