Number of int'l flight passengers up 10 pct this year despite hikes in oil prices尽管油价上涨，但今年国际航班旅客数量仍增长了10%。
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SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Yonhap) -- The number of international flight passengers using South Korean airports rose around 10 percent in the January-August period from a year earlier despite a sharp rise in oil prices, data showed Saturday.
A total of 68.44 million people used international flights in the first eight months of the year, up 9.8 percent from the previous year, according to the data from the airport portal information system of the transportation ministry.
Experts said the yen's weakness and China's visa-free program for Korean nationals helped boost demand for flights to and from Japan and China. The number of travelers using Incheon International Airport, South Korea's main gateway, for transit also increased amid the Middle East war.
By destination, the number of travelers using flights linking South Korea and Japan rose 20.3 percent on-year to 21.3 million in the cited period, and the number using China flight routes increased 23 percent to 13.6 million.
Meanwhile, the number of passengers using flights to and from Southeast Asian nations markedly declined, the data showed.
The number of travelers using flights linking South Korea and Vietnam fell 5.1 percent on-year to 6.63 million and the number of passengers for Philippine routes declined 13.7 percent to 2.5 million.
"As fuel surcharges rose in line with a spike in oil prices, more travelers chose Japan and China as flight times to those countries are one to three hours, shorter than those to Southeast Asian nations at four to six hours," an industry watcher said.
Travelers wait to check in to their flights at Terminal 1 of Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Sept. 23, 2026, ahead of the Chuseok holiday. (Yonhap)
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首尔，9月26日（韩联社）——数据显示，尽管油价大幅上涨，但今年1月至8月期间，韩国机场的国际航班旅客数量比上年同期增长了约10%。
根据交通运输部机场门户信息系统的数据，今年前八个月，共有 6844 万人次乘坐国际航班，比上年同期增长 9.8%。
专家表示，日元疲软以及中国对韩国公民实行免签政策，提振了往返日本和中国的航班需求。此外，中东战争期间，经韩国主要门户机场仁川国际机场转机的旅客数量也有所增加。
按目的地划分，上述期间乘坐韩国与日本之间航班的旅客人数同比增长 20.3%，达到 2130 万人次；乘坐中国航线的旅客人数同比增长 23%，达到 1360 万人次。
数据显示，与此同时，往返东南亚国家的乘客数量明显下降。
韩国与越南之间的航班旅客人数同比下降 5.1% 至 663 万人次，菲律宾航线旅客人数同比下降 13.7% 至 250 万人次。
一位业内人士表示：“随着油价飙升，燃油附加费也随之上涨，更多旅客选择前往日本和中国，因为飞往这些国家的飞行时间为一到三个小时，比飞往东南亚国家的四到六个小时的飞行时间要短。”
2026年9月23日，在韩国中秋节假期前夕，旅客们在首尔以西的仁川国际机场1号航站楼等待办理登机手续。（韩联社）
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尽管油价上涨，但今年国际航班旅客数量仍增长了10%。