The number of air passengers in Korea jumped 79 percent on year to 8.98 million in July according to data compiled by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
The number of air passengers in July 2023 recovered to nearly 84 percent of the level before the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak, government data showed on Tuesday.
The number of flight passengers using Korean flag air carriers rose nearly 24 percent in May from a year earlier amid a nationwide move to return to pre-pandemic normalcy, government data showed Tuesday.
Passengers board a plane at the international flight boarding area of Gimpo International Airport in Gangseo District, western Seoul, on Wednesday, the same day the Gimpo-Haneda route resumed operation.
Cargo transportation at the Incheon International Airport Corporation hit a record high this year, while the number of passengers is down more than 90 percent from before the pandemic.
Jeju Air, Korea's biggest budget carrier by sales, said Thursday it will resume flights to Saipan late next month in a pre-emptive measure to absorb post-coronavirus travel demand.
Korean airlines are introducing special tourist flights around the country, hoping to both drum up business and find a use for planes that have been sat on the tarmac since the Covid-19 pandemic brought the aviation industry to a standstill.
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