Air Busan to Temporarily Add 232 Domestic Flights in June to Meet "Surging Travel Demand"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Air Busan will enhance passengers' air travel convenience by significantly increasing temporary flights on all domestic routes throughout June.

Air Busan announced on the 13th that due to the frequent occurrence of seat shortages on domestic routes caused by the increase in travelers following the lifting of social distancing measures, it will add a total of 232 flights across five domestic routes during June.

The temporary additional flights will be on the following routes: ▲ Gimpo~Busan (64 flights) ▲ Gimpo~Ulsan (58 flights) ▲ Gimpo~Jeju (52 flights) ▲ Ulsan~Jeju (42 flights) ▲ Busan~Jeju (16 flights), providing a total of 44,672 additional seats.

Air Busan stated, "Since last month, the number of travelers to Jeju has significantly increased due to the lifting of social distancing," adding, "The number of passengers on the commercial route Busan~Gimpo has also increased."

In March, the number of passengers on Air Busan's Busan~Jeju route was 94,734, but in April it rose by more than 43% to 135,935. The Busan~Gimpo route also saw about a 21% increase in passengers from 124,306 in March to 150,554 in April. Consequently, the average load factor on Jeju routes exceeded 90% in April. It still records over 90%, intensifying the seat shortage.

Air Busan will add a total of 22,712 seats on Jeju routes and 21,960 seats on inland routes throughout June. The Jeju routes will have temporary flights evenly distributed on weekdays and weekends to alleviate the chronic seat shortage. Inland routes will focus additional flights on Friday and Sunday afternoons when passenger demand peaks, enhancing convenience for business travelers.

An Air Busan official said, "With the lifting of social distancing, both travel demand and domestic business trip demand are increasing simultaneously, so we plan to significantly increase temporary flights in June to improve passenger mobility convenience," and recommended, "Those planning domestic travel in June are encouraged to use Air Busan, which offers a wide range of itinerary options."

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