South Korea's international passenger numbers have recovered to ``85% of pre-coronavirus levels''

In South Korea, airlines' international passenger volume in the third quarter (July-September) of this year has recovered to 85% of the 2019 level, which was before the COVID-19 virus infection. one
Meanwhile, the Korean airline industry, seeing a slow recovery in routes to China and Southeast Asia and slow growth in securing group tourists from overseas, has set out to secure even more passengers.
According to aviation statistics from the South Korean Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism on the 19th, the number of passengers on international airline routes from July to September this year was
The total was 12,872,321 people, an increase of 84.96% from the same period in 2019 (15,150,518 people). In the Korean airline industry, low-cost carriers (LCCs) are expanding to popular routes such as Japan and Vietnam.
It was analyzed that this was due to an increase in the number of flights operated. The number of passengers on Japan routes in the third quarter of this year was 5.15 million, which is higher than the third quarter of 2019 (4.39 million), which was affected by "NO Japan".
exceeded. In addition, the number of passengers on Vietnam routes was 2.34 million, which is 96% of the number four years ago. On the other hand, the number of passengers on routes to China was 2.34 million, with a recovery rate of only 52%. 65% for European routes, Philippines
・Recovery rates for other Southeast Asian routes such as Thailand were in the 70-80% range. A source in the Korean airline industry said, ``In the case of China, the ban on group tourists traveling to South Korea was lifted in August, but there has been an explosion in travel.
``Passenger volume did not increase,'' and ``Other Southeast Asian routes, where the recovery in routes and flights have been relatively slow, also appear to be showing slow recovery.''
For this reason, Korean airlines are moving to increase flights to China and Southeast Asia.