South Korea’s domestic pax up 7% to 2.9m in Apr-2017, int’l pax up 2% to 5.8m

South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport reported (26-May-2017) the following traffic highlights for Apr-2017:

• Passengers: 8.7 million, +3.8% year-on-year;
  • Domestic: 2.9 million, +7.4%;
    • Korean Air: 745,406, +5.9%;
    • Asiana: 499,109, +7.7%;
    • LCCs: 1.6 million, +8.1%;
      • Air Busan: 331,615, +9.5%;
      • EasterJet: 265,848, +26.2%;
      • Jeju Air: 391,167, +4.0%;
      • Jin Air: 383,394, +5.4%;
      • T'way: 245,982, +1.0%;
  • International: 5.8 million, +2.1%;
    
    • Japan: 1.4 million, +30.3%;
    • China: 897,474, -47.0%;
    • Southeast Asia: 2.4 million, +23.5%;
    • Europe: 429,873, +20.8%;
    • Americas: 383,948, +5.9%;
    • Oceania: 208,733, +17.4%;
    • Others: 84,073, +4.6%;
    • By carrier:
      • Korean Air: 1.5 million, -3.2%;
      • Asiana: 1.0 million, -8.0%
      • LCCs: 1.5 million, +47.1%;
        • Jeju Air: 426,019, +46.7%;
        • Jin Air: 343,778, +45.5%;
        • T'way: 231,777, +73.4%;
        • Air Busan: 211,276, +25.4%;
        • EastarJet: 187,207, +16.5%;
        • Air Seoul: 55,388;
    • Foreign carriers: 1.9 million, -10.0%. [more - original PR - Korean]