International Skies: South Korea

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic and international market. Alongside looking at the market's historical development over the past 30 years, we take the following week's schedule as a snapshot and compare weekly seat capacity with the previous year, showing which airlines and airports are growing and which are constraining.

SCHEDULED INTERNATIONAL AIR SERVICES IN SOUTH KOREA (non-stop departures)

Year

Departures

% Change

Available Seats

% Change

1982

9,235

4.4 %

2,546,351

6.8 %

1983

9,719

5.2 %

2,712,839

6.5 %

1984

10,194

4.9 %

2,823,988

4.1 %

1985

11,088

8.8 %

3,028,109

7.2 %

1986

11,917

7.5 %

3,333,534

10.1 %

1987

12,597

5.7 %

3,504,069

5.1 %

1988

13,927

10.6 %

3,982,999

13.7 %

1989

16,730

20.1 %

4,878,332

22.5 %

1990

20,607

23.2 %

5,967,163

22.3 %

1991

23,667

14.8 %

6,898,926

15.6 %

1992

27,258

15.2 %

7,782,531

12.8 %

1993

28,019

2.8 %

7,810,513

0.4 %

1994

29,545

5.4 %

8,522,826

9.1 %

1995

34,830

17.9 %

9,793,324

14.9 %

1996

39,156

12.4 %

11,017,474

12.5 %

1997

41,480

5.9 %

11,903,872

8.0 %

1998

35,072

(-15.4) %

9,850,844

(-17.2) %

1999

35,984

2.6 %

10,021,045

1.7 %

2000

42,934

19.3 %

11,966,038

19.4 %

2001

49,722

15.8 %

13,549,417

13.2 %

2002

57,120

14.9 %

15,154,026

11.8 %

2003

59,961

5.0 %

15,540,306

2.5 %

2004

70,087

16.9 %

18,047,652

16.1 %

2005

78,294

11.7 %

19,890,467

10.2 %

2006

89,445

14.2 %

22,614,936

13.7 %

2007

107,882

20.6 %

25,946,024

14.7 %

2008

108,574

0.6 %

25,784,672

(-0.6) %

2009

101,275

(-6.7) %

24,041,600

(-6.8) %

2010

109,205

7.8 %

25,606,208

6.5 %

2011

121,432

11.2 %

28,270,877

10.4 %

2012

133,467

9.9 %

30,686,910

8.5 %

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