South Korea’s air traffic rose 8.2 percent in the first quarter compared to a year earlier, mainly due to an increase in Chinese flights, the government said Friday.
The number of flights handled by the country reached 176,377 in the January-March period, up from 161,205 in the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport.
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On average, there were 1,939 flights per day during the three-month period.
The data also showed that the number of international flights to and from South Korea jumped 10.4 percent on-year to 107,156, with domestic numbers climbing 5.4 percent on-year to 57,414.
In particular, 5,878 Chinese-flagged airplanes passed through South Korean air in the first quarter, up 39 percent from the previous year.
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khnews@heraldcorp.com)