SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Air Co., South Korea’s leading carrier, has begun the practice of weighing each passenger on both domestic and international flights to enhance safety measures and decrease fuel expenses. The airline said Sunday it plans to gauge the typical passenger weight, including carry-on luggage, on domestic flights at Gimpo [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean air carriers saw the number of international passengers spike sixteenfold in the first quarter from a year earlier, driven by a surge in demand amid border reopenings, government data showed Sunday. The number of passengers that used international flights operated by Korean Air Lines Co., Asiana Airlines [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of international passengers traveling via Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, is expected to recover this year to 76 percent of the normal pre-pandemic level, airport officials said Thursday. A total of some 67,000 international flights had been serviced at Incheon International Airport in [...]
YEONGJONG ISLAND, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, is likely to see a ninefold increase in air travelers in the upcoming peak summer vacation season, compared with last year, airport officials said Thursday. A total of 1.71 million passengers are expected to travel through the airport during [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of airport bus passengers in Seoul increased by 2.6 times during the past six months, the city government said Wednesday, as the demand for air travel has spiked after the lifting of almost all COVID-19 social distancing restrictions in April. The number of rides performed by foreign [...]
JEJU, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju International Airport has seen a higher number of visitors in the pandemic era, despite the shutdown of its international terminal. The Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Office analyzed traffic data at the airport, which showed that 4,734,792 people came to or left from Jeju Airport in January and February. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Wednesday that it will simplify the identification check procedure for ferry users, enabling them to use mobile identification cards as part of efforts to minimize passenger inconvenience. Thus far, passengers needed to hold physical identification cards for both ticketing and boarding. To address [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily passengers at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, dropped below 10,000 last month, data showed Saturday, apparently due to fewer-than-usual travelers during the Chuseok holiday, the Korean autumn harvest celebration. A daily average of 9,583 passengers used the Incheon airport last month, the airport [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily passengers at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, rose to the highest point this year in early August as more people traveled during the summer holiday season amid the vaccination drive, data showed Saturday. An average of 10,987 passengers used the Incheon airport a [...]
SEOUL, June 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 16,000 people have used “flights to nowhere” offered by South Korean airlines since the sightseeing flights were introduced late last year, the customs office said Monday. The Korea Customs Service (KCS) said 15,983 passengers used a total of 152 international flights designed for the purpose of the air [...]