Korean low-cost carriers expand routes to China amid surging passenger demand
- August passenger traffic between Korea and China reached 2.13 million, up 27.5% year over year and 9.7% from July.
- Major LCCs gained additional weekly slots on Seoul-Beijing and other routes, including Incheon-Beijing, Incheon-Shanghai, and Incheon-Guangzhou.
- Jeju Air, Eastar Jet each secured seven weekly flights on Incheon-Beijing; Parata Air and Air Premia got four and three weekly slots on Incheon-Shanghai; Jin Air secured seven weekly flights on Incheon-Guangzhou.
- An operating loss of 52.4 billion won and Jin Air reported an operating loss of 73.1 billion won in Q2.