South Korea’s domestic pax up 1% to 2.3m in Feb-2017, int’l pax up 12% to 7.0m

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs reported (28-Mar-2017) the following traffic highlights in Feb-2017:

• Passengers: 8.8 million, +8.7% year-on-year;
• • Domestic: 2.3 million, +1.1%;
  • Korean Air: 566,062, -1.0%;
  • Asiana: 418,076, -4.3%;
  • LCCs: 1.3 million, +3.9%;
  • • Jeju Air: 318,095, -6.0%;
    • Air Busan: 314,743, +10.3%;
    • Jin Air: 238,461, -3.4%;
    • T'way: 231,521, +9.6%;
    • EasterJet: 220,259, +14.9%;
  • International: 6.5 million, +11.6%;
  • • China: 1.6 million, +20.9%;
    • Japan: 1.5 million, +1.2%;
    • Southeast Asia: 2.5 million, +14.9%;
    • Americas: 353,046, +2.7%;
    • Europe: 344,698, +12.3%;
    • Oceania: 235,346, +9.4%;
    • Others: 82,104, +8.0%;
    • By carrier:
    • • Korean Air: 1.6 million, +0.2%;
      • Asiana: 1.1 million, -1.6%
      • LCCs: 1.6 million, +49.6%;
      • • Jeju Air: 451,560, +47.3%;
        • Jin Air: 423,569, +32.9%;
        • T'way: 245,042, +84.7%;
        • Air Busan: 225,723, +37.0%;
        • EastarJet: 200,543, +33.5%;
        • Air Seoul: 59,268;
    • Foreign carriers: 2.2 million, +7.9%. [more - original PR - Korean]