[대한뉴스=김남규 기자] The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (Minister Byeon Chang-heum) said that ’20 years air passengers were counted to 39.4 million, a 68.1% decrease from the previous year due to the coronavirus pandemic. It is the third lowest performance ever since 1997 (33.61 million in 1998, and 38.79 million in 1999).
International and domestic passengers decreased by 84.2% and 23.7%, respectively, compared to the previous year, while international cargo (excluding baggage) increased by 0.4% for air cargo.
The number of air passengers that plunged due to the spread of Corona-19 at the beginning of this year is the second outbreak in the second half of the year, and it is 14.24 million, a decrease of 84.2% from the previous year.
By region, all routes including Japan (△88.2%), China (△87.8%), Asia (△83.4%), the Americas (△72.3%), and Europe (△82.2%) decreased.
Japanese routes overlapped with export control measures (‘19.7), visa-free entry ban (‘20.3), and the effects of Corona-19, and the number of passengers in 20 years decreased by 88.2% compared to the previous year, and 15.6% of international passengers per year (in ’19). 1st place → 2nd place in ’20).
Chinese routes have resumed some routes and additional regular and irregular routes after a sharp decline in the number of flights since February (120,000 in 2019 → 30,000 in 20, △73.4%), but compared to the previous year, 87.8 passengers. % Decreased, and it was 15.8% of international passengers in ’20 (second place in ’19 → first place in ’20).
US routes were growing at the beginning of the year, but after a sharp decline in March, passengers decreased 72.3% year-on-year and shared 9.2% of passengers in 20 years (7th place in ’19 → 4th place in ’20).
Asian routes excluding China and Japan also plunged due to the pandemic, and passengers decreased by 83.4% from the previous year, and 42.4% of passengers in 20 years (40.3% in 2019) were shared.
By airport, all airports including Incheon (△83.1%), Jeju (△89.4%), Gimpo (△87.3%) and Gimhae (△88.0%) decreased.
By airline, our large airlines decreased 82.3% year-on-year, and low-cost airlines decreased 86.7% year-on-year.
Domestic passenger demand (lowest March, 1.1 million passengers within the year), which plunged due to fear of corona-19 infection, showed a rapid recovery. The end of the month-December) fell sharply and ended at 25.16 million, down 23.7% (inland 2.8%↓, Jeju 27.2%↓) compared to the previous year.
By airport, the number of passengers on routes other than Yangyang (535.7%) and Pohang (100.2%) decreased compared to the previous year, and inland routes were Gwangju-Gimpo (71.4%), Gimpo-Gimhae (13.2%), and Gimpo-Yeosu ( 23.2%), despite an increase in routes, it decreased in other routes.
By airline, our large airlines’ domestic passenger traffic was 8.29 million, down 40.4% year-on-year, while low-cost airlines carried 16.87 million passengers per year, although growth exceeded the same month of the previous year in ‘20.7-August and October-November. And a 11.5% decrease from the previous year.
Due to the ’20 pandemic, the number of passengers suspended at home and abroad increased (baggage reduction), and cargo decreased by 23.9% compared to the previous year, but cargo excluding baggage decreased by only 0.6% compared to the previous year.
International cargo decreased by 23.5% compared to the previous year due to the decrease in baggage in all regions, but air cargo excluding baggage increased in the Americas (12.8%), China (4.6%) and other areas (1.2%) compared to the previous year. The transport performance of the company was up 8.1% year-on-year, recording 2010 thousand tons.
Domestic cargo fell 29.7% year-on-year to 180,000 tons, both on inland routes (△53.3%) and Jeju (△26.8%) routes.
Kim Sang-do, head of the aviation policy department of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said, “2020 was a difficult year for both the aviation industry and the public due to Corona 19. We were able to minimize damage through close cooperation,” he said. “As the aftermath of Corona 19 is expected to continue this year, we will continue to support the aviation industry again this year so that the results are not in vain. “We will do our best to ensure that we can secure it.”
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