Result of air traffic counting for the first half of 2023 shows about 31% increase compared to the previous year and 70% increase in international flights
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT, Minister WON Hee-ryong) announced that as a result of the air traffic counting for the first half of 2023, the number of aircraft using Korea's airways increased by about 31% year-on-year to an average of 1,941 per day (a total of 351,000 in the first half).
* (Aggregated) Based on flight plans submitted by aircraft operators to the MOLIT
* (Annual increase rate) 4.7% (2019) → -50.1% (2020) → 10.8% (2021) → 16.0% (2022) → 31.2% (H1 2023)
In particular, from January to June of 2023, international flights increased by about 5.2% on average per month, and total traffic, including domestic flights, increased by about 4.1% on average per month, significantly exceeding the average of monthly increase in 2022.
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