Incheon Airport Fully Recovers US-Japan Routes at 100%... China at 37%

International Passenger Volume in November at 91% of Pre-COVID-19 Levels

The number of passengers using routes between Incheon Airport and the Americas, Japan, and the Middle East has surpassed pre-COVID-19 levels. From January to November this year, the number of people using routes based at Incheon Airport to the Americas, Japan, and the Middle East were 5.16 million, 12.1 million, and 960,000 respectively. Compared to the same period in 2019 before COVID-19, these figures represent 101%, 109%, and 108% respectively.

On the other hand, the number of passengers on China routes was 4.62 million up to November this year, which is 37% of the 2019 level. By continent, the recovery rates are 96% (16.54 million) for Southeast Asia, 84% (350,000) for other regions including Africa and Southwest Asia, and 81% (2.24 million) for Oceania. Europe remained at 3.95 million passengers, or 67%.

Last month, the number of international passengers at Incheon Airport was 5,355,387, which is 91% of the 2019 monthly average passenger count (5,881,504). From January to last month this year, the total number of passengers was 50,507,311, which is 78% of the pre-COVID-19 level.

On the 27th, ahead of the Chuseok holiday, the duty-free area of Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport is bustling with travelers. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

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