Jeju Air Surpasses 100 Million Cumulative Passengers

Jeju Air announced on the 2nd that it has reached a cumulative total of 100 million passengers. Jeju Air is the third Korean airline to surpass 100 million cumulative passengers, and the first among low-cost carriers (LCCs).

Jeju Air's milestone of 100 million cumulative passengers was achieved 17 years after its first flight in June 2006, and just 12 months after surpassing 90 million passengers in July last year. Since its inaugural flight in June 2006, Jeju Air has expanded consumer choices through rapid route development and fleet expansion with the goal of 'popularizing air travel.' As a result of continuous new challenges to enhance traveler convenience, it has achieved the remarkable record of 100 million cumulative passengers.

Among the 100 million cumulative passengers, 59.7% (59.7 million) were domestic passengers, while international passengers accounted for 40.3% (40.3 million).

On international routes, flights to Japan accounted for 16.4% of total passengers with 16.35 million. Southeast Asian routes such as Thailand, the Philippines, and Vietnam accounted for 11.9% (11.9 million), Greater China routes including mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan accounted for 7.2% (7.2 million), and Oceania routes such as Guam and Saipan accounted for 4.5% (4.5 million).

Jeju Air experienced rapid growth, leading the popularization of air travel, with an average annual growth rate of 27.6% over eight years from 2012, when it surpassed 10 million cumulative passengers, to 2019, when it reached 70 million. However, growth temporarily slowed due to the 'No Japan' movement starting in the second half of 2019 and the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which significantly reduced international flights.

Since the reopening, Jeju Air has quickly recovered passenger numbers by flexibly operating routes such as Japan and Southeast Asia in response to market conditions and demand, based on proactive change management.

As a result, in the first half of this year alone, Jeju Air transported about 4.2 million passengers on international flights, the highest among Korean LCCs, marking an increase of more than 60 times compared to 70,000 passengers during the same period last year.

A Jeju Air official stated, “According to the Korean Statistical Information Service (KOSIS), as of May this year, the registered population of South Korea is 51.4 million, meaning that a number equivalent to twice the population of our country has used Jeju Air.” He added, “Based on Jeju Air’s mission to ‘share happy travel experiences with more people,’ we will strive to enable more customers to share joyful travel experiences with Jeju Air.”

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