An plane takes off from the runway at Jeju Airport in Jeju, Feb. 4. Yonhap
Jeju Air reclaimed its lead place amongst Korea’s low-cost carriers (LCCs) final month, authorities knowledge confirmed Wednesday, following a short lived decline in passengers on account of a deadly crash that claimed the lives of 179 passengers in December.
In response to the information from the transport ministry, Jeju Air recouped its place because the main LCC when it comes to the variety of passengers with 879,000, adopted by Jin Air and T’manner Air, at 863,000 and 838,000, respectively.
In January, Jeju Air had fallen to 3rd place following the Dec. 29 crash at Muan Worldwide Airport. The airline reclaimed the lead regardless of having lowered the variety of flights to reinforce its operational security.
Air Busan, which additionally suffered a fire-related incident in late January, in the meantime, noticed a major decline in passenger numbers, in line with the information.
The airline carried 494,000 passengers in February, down 26.3 p.c from the earlier month. Home journey passengers plunged 52.8 p.c to 122,000, whereas worldwide passengers fell 9.6 p.c to 371,000.
„Regardless of Jeju Air having lowered the variety of home and worldwide flights, it seems that passenger numbers have rebounded as buyer considerations had been largely alleviated,“ an aviation business observer mentioned. (Yonhap)
