Air Busan Surpasses 50 Million Cumulative Passengers at Gimhae Airport... Achieves Highest Market Share of 35% Among Domestic Airlines

Air Busan A321neo(LR) aircraft.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Air Busan recently announced that the cumulative number of Air Busan passengers at Gimhae Airport has surpassed 50 million, accounting for the highest market share of 35% among domestic airlines.

Air Busan took its first step in passenger transportation by launching the Busan-Gimpo route in 2008. Since starting the Busan-Fukuoka route in 2010, it has continuously expanded its international routes, contributing to the revitalization of Gimhae Airport, improving air travel convenience for local residents, and boosting the regional economy.

According to Air Busan, from 2008 to October 3, 2022, the number of passengers using Air Busan's domestic flights at Gimhae Airport reached 34 million, while international passengers totaled 16 million.

To offer local residents a wide range of travel options and create new travel demand, Air Busan actively pioneered and launched new routes to relatively unfamiliar destinations at the time, such as Busan-Taipei and Busan-Kaohsiung.

In addition, Air Busan is accelerating regional economic revitalization and the recovery of Gimhae Airport through the active resumption and launch of international routes at Gimhae Airport.

Starting from the 11th, Air Busan plans to significantly increase flights on major Japanese routes where individual tourism is possible without a visa, responding to the rapidly growing travel demand.

From the 17th, Air Busan will increase the Busan-Fukuoka and Busan-Osaka routes to two round trips daily.

An Air Busan official stated, “Since the company's founding, we have expanded our route network based at Gimhae Airport with a sense of mission as a regional airline, growing alongside Gimhae Airport. We will continue to enhance air travel convenience for local residents and actively contribute to regional economic revitalization to repay the love and support we have received from the community.”

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