Number of Flights Departing from Jeju Returns to Last Year's Level

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1,558 Domestic Flights per Week

In the summer season of 2025, Jeju Airport is expected to operate 1,558 domestic flights and 196 international flights per week. Photo by Park Changwon

Jeju Special Self-Governing Province announced that the number of flight routes departing from Jeju will be expanded for the 2025 summer season. Domestic flights are scheduled to operate 1,558 times per week, and international flights 196 times per week.

According to the regular flight operation plan for the 2025 summer season finalized by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on the 28th, starting from the 30th, domestic flights departing from Jeju will connect to 11 cities, including Gimpo and Gimhae, 1,558 times per week.

This represents a slight increase of 0.3% (5 flights per week) compared to the previous summer season, and a significant increase of 11.8% (165 flights per week) compared to the previous winter season.

In particular, this expansion signals the normalization of domestic flights, which had been reduced after the accident at Muan Airport on December 29, 2024, and it is expected that the recent decline in tourist arrivals will gradually recover. This year, with more extended holidays than usual, tourism demand is expected to rise significantly.

Accordingly, airlines are planning to deploy medium and large aircraft and increase temporary flights to meet peak demand during the spring tourism season, school trips, the summer peak season, and the Chuseok holiday, so the actual number of available seats is expected to exceed initial plans.

For international flights, two new routes (Kaohsiung and Changchun) have been added to the existing 20 routes in four countries, making a total of 22 routes in four countries operating 196 times per week. Routes connecting Japan, China, Taiwan, and Singapore will be operated, and additional routes may be established depending on airline circumstances and ad hoc approvals.

By country, the planned routes are as follows: Japan (Tokyo Narita, Osaka), China (Guangzhou, Nanjing, Nantong, Ningbo, Beijing Daxing, Beijing Capital, Shanghai Pudong, Shenyang, Shenzhen, Xi'an, Changsha, Changchun, Qingdao, Tianjin, Hangzhou, Fuzhou, Hong Kong), Taiwan (Taipei, Kaohsiung), and Singapore.

The Jeju Airport Expansion Support Team visited airlines on March 7, 11, and 12 to request the expansion of regular routes departing from Jeju for the 2025 summer season. Especially on March 11, together with the Vice Governor for Administrative Affairs, they met with Kim Youngguk, Director of Aviation Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to actively propose route expansion.

Ryu Ilsun, head of the Jeju Airport Expansion Support Team, said, "We will continue to cooperate with relevant organizations to increase domestic flights and diversify international routes," adding, "By improving air traffic accessibility, we will attract more domestic and foreign tourists and invigorate the local economy."

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