Domestic 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 DOMESTIC AIR SERVICES IN SOUTH KOREA (non-stop departures)

Year

Departures

% Change

Available Seats

% Change

1982

13,545

0.4 %

2,436,930

(-3.3) %

1983

16,530

22.0 %

3,163,054

29.8 %

1984

15,742

(-4.8) %

2,979,004

(-5.8) %

1985

22,770

44.6 %

4,594,716

54.2 %

1986

25,577

12.3 %

5,050,336

9.9 %

1987

28,696

12.2 %

5,396,469

6.9 %

1988

37,116

29.3 %

6,653,466

23.3 %

1989

61,828

66.6 %

10,434,527

56.8 %

1990

88,043

42.4 %

14,497,232

38.9 %

1991

89,776

2.0 %

15,156,558

4.5 %

1992

107,098

19.3 %

19,713,387

30.1 %

1993

137,771

28.6 %

25,814,885

31.0 %

1994

136,432

(-1.0) %

25,325,337

(-1.9) %

1995

146,303

7.2 %

27,204,510

7.4 %

1996

157,132

7.4 %

29,063,905

6.8 %

1997

172,816

10.0 %

32,210,958

10.8 %

1998

168,035

(-2.8) %

31,266,491

(-2.9) %

1999

152,485

(-9.3) %

28,291,028

(-9.5) %

2000

166,888

9.4 %

31,138,626

10.1 %

2001

170,549

2.2 %

31,955,266

2.6 %

2002

168,978

(-0.9) %

31,445,176

(-1.6) %

2003

170,536

0.9 %

31,445,280

0.0 %

2004

147,543

(-13.5) %

27,501,442

(-12.5) %

2005

133,425

(-9.6) %

24,945,056

(-9.3) %

2006

127,210

(-4.7) %

22,681,186

(-9.1) %

2007

131,899

3.7 %

22,114,112

(-2.5) %

2008

135,343

2.6 %

22,998,271

4.0 %

2009

149,811

10.7 %

25,532,232

11.0 %

2010

149,634

(-0.1) %

25,625,201

0.4 %

2011

140,928

(-5.8) %

25,709,453

0.3 %

2012

143,401

1.8 %

25,270,940

(-1.7) %

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