SEOUL: Passenger traffic at Korean carriers jumped 29 percent to a record 47 million in the first half from a year earlier on higher demand for affordable air travel, government data showed Monday.
Yonhap News Agency quoted data from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport as saying that 47.56 million passengers travelled via flights offered by 10 local airlines in the January-June period, up from 36.83 million a year ago.
In the first six months, 18.15 million passengers travelled on domestic routes offered by the local carriers and 29.41 million on international routes, up 12 percent and 43 percent, respectively, from the year-ago period, the data showed.
If the current trends continue in the second half, the corresponding figure is expected to reach 100 million for the whole of the year, exceeding the pre-pandemic level of 93.47 million in 2019.
Source: Emirates News Agency