Jeju Air grows 27.5% annual average for international passengers

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Jeju Air launched the Incheon-Osaka route on March 20, 2009, marking the 17th anniversary of its first international flight as a national LCC.

While the role of alternative competitors is becoming more important after the business combination, Jeju Air established a practical multiple competition system in the international market, which was centered on FSC, by opening its first regular international route 17 years ago.

In 2009, the first year of its service, it continued to grow steadily after 159,000 passengers were boarded, and in 2012, it recorded 1.19 million annual international passengers, opening the "age of 1 million annual international passengers."

In 2016, the cumulative number of passengers on international flights exceeded 10 million, and in 2024, the cumulative number of passengers on international flights exceeded 50 million. As of the end of February 2026, the cumulative number of passengers on international flights reached 62.858 million, and since its launch in 2009, the number of passengers on international flights has continued to grow at an annual average of 27.5%.

An official from Jeju Air, who spoke to this newspaper by phone, said, "We have led the popularization of air travel by contributing to changing the supplier-oriented market to consumer-oriented for the past 17 years."

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