Jeju Air Transports Over 1 Million Passengers Each Month in H1, Only Among LCCs

6.6 Million Passengers Transported in the First Half of the Year
16.5% Increase Compared to Last Year

Jeju Air has demonstrated its competitiveness by being the only domestic low-cost carrier (LCC) to transport over 1 million passengers every month during the first half (January–June) of this year.

Jeju Air B737-8 aircraft. Jeju Air

According to the Aviation Information Portal System of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on July 13, Jeju Air transported 6,598,800 passengers in the first half of this year, a 16.5% increase compared to 5,662,205 passengers during the same period last year.

Jeju Air is the only domestic LCC that has recorded more than 1 million monthly passengers for six consecutive months from January this year. The number of domestic passengers reached 2,372,016, while international passengers totaled 4,226,784, representing increases of 14.7% and 17.5%, respectively, compared to the same period last year.

In the first half of this year, Jeju Air operated 38,696 flights (13,403 domestic and 25,293 international), up 8.4% from 35,673 flights last year (12,500 domestic and 23,173 international). The passenger growth rate of 16.5% is about twice the increase in the number of flights, indicating that Jeju Air achieved results based on actual demand rather than merely increasing the number of flights supplied.

Jeju Air’s load factor for the first half was 90.8% (93.6% for domestic routes, 89.3% for international routes), exceeding the average load factor for domestic LCCs of 88.3%.

Jeju Air has flexibly adjusted capacity in response to demand, launching a new Incheon–Kobe route and increasing flights on major Japanese routes such as Tokyo (Narita), Osaka, Fukuoka, Nagoya, and Okinawa. The Incheon–Ulaanbaatar and Incheon–Yanji routes will each be increased to twice weekly and five times weekly, respectively, until August 18.

As part of corrective measures following a merger in January this year, Jeju Air has fully utilized the Gimpo–Jeju slots it was allocated, operating four additional round-trip flights daily on the Gimpo–Jeju route since March. This resulted in 8,029 flights, a 16.1% increase from 6,912 flights last year. In addition, the Incheon–Jeju route, which began operations in May, has been extended through October.

A Jeju Air representative stated, "We continue to rank first among domestic LCCs in passenger numbers through efficient route management and stable capacity expansion based on customer demand," adding, "In the second half of the year, we will provide rational travel experiences and broaden consumer choice by responding to diversifying travel demand."

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