(Sejong = Sejong Chungcheong News) Reporter Kim Seong-ha = The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced that ’20 air passengers were counted to 39.4 million, a 68.1% decrease from the previous year, affected by the Corona-19 pandemic.
In particular, it was the third-lowest record ever since 1997 (33.61 million in 1998, 38.79 million in 1999), and international and domestic passengers decreased by 84.2% and 23.7%, respectively, compared to the previous year, and international cargo (excluding baggage) was 0.4. % Increased, but passenger baggage performance decreased significantly, down 23.9% year-on-year.
(International passengers) The number of air passengers that plunged due to the spread of Corona-19 at the beginning of this year reached 14.24 million, down 84.2% from the previous year, with the second outbreak in the second half.
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 passengers) 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, and in November (2.94 million), it reached 2.5% growth compared to the same month last year, but the third phase Due to the epidemic (end of November-December), it fell sharply and closed by 23.7% (inland 2.8%↓, Jeju 27.2%↓) compared to the previous year to 25.16 million.
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.
(Air cargo) Due to the ’20 pandemic, the number of passengers suspended at home and abroad increased (baggage decrease), 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.
“2020 was a difficult year for both the aviation industry and the public due to Corona 19, but the government’s preemptive and active support measures and the aviation industry’s efforts to overcome the high-intensity crisis, etc. “As it is expected that the aftermath of Corona 19 will continue this year, we will continue to provide systematic support this year as well as to ensure rapid demand recovery and self-sufficiency of the aviation industry. I will do my best to make it possible.”
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