South Korea MOLIT: Airline pax up 6% in 1Q2019, strong growth in international LCC traffic

1 May, 2019

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) reported (30-Apr-2019) the following airline traffic highlights for the three months ended Mar-2019:

  • Passengers: 30.6 million, +6.4% year-on-year;
    • Domestic: 7.6 million, +4.4%;
      • Korean Air: 1.7 million, +5.7%;
      • Asiana Airlines: 1.5 million, +7.3%;
      • LCCs: 4.4 million, +2.9%;
        • Jeju Air: 1.1 million, +4.0%;
        • Air Busan: 1.1 million, -4.0%;
        • T'way Air: 738,902, +10.7%;
        • Eastar Jet: 735,586, +6.6%;
        • Jin Air: 718,015, +1.4%;
    • International: 23.0 million, +7.1%;
      • By region:
        • Southeast Asia: 9.4 million, +7.9%;
        • Japan: 5.9 million, +4.1%;
        • China: 4.1 million, +14.4%;
        • Europe: 1.4 million, +11.1%;
        • Americas: 1.2 million, -1.0%;
        • Oceania: 772,821, -4.5%;
        • Others: 235,214, -1.1%;
      • By carrier:
        • Korean Air: 5.0 million, -0.4%;
        • Asiana Airlines: 3.4 million, -3.0%;
        • LCCs: 7.4 million, +17.2%;
          • Jeju Air: 2.2 million, +26.7%;
          • Jin Air: 1.6 million, +8.1%;
          • T'way Air: 1.3 million, +26.9%;
          • Air Busan: 978,766, +5.2%;
          • Eastar Jet: 855,840, +7.8%;
          • Air Seoul: 528,954, +31.1%;
        • Foreign carriers: 7.2 million, +8.4%. [more - original PR - Korean]