Air Busan Increases Domestic Flights by 130 During Lunar New Year Holiday... 37 Daily Flights on Busan~Gimpo Route, the Most Ever

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Air Busan announced on the 10th that it will operate a total of 130 temporary flights on 5 domestic routes during the Lunar New Year holiday period.

The additional flights include ▲Busan-Gimpo 74 flights ▲Ulsan-Gimpo 20 flights ▲Busan-Jeju 10 flights ▲Gimpo-Jeju 20 flights ▲Ulsan-Jeju 6 flights, operating from the 27th of this month to February 3rd. The total number of seats available is 25,710.

Temporary flights will be concentrated on the Busan-Gimpo route, which has the highest travel demand during the holiday. On average, 37 flights per day will connect Busan and Seoul during the holiday period.

Additionally, Air Busan plans to deploy temporary flights starting from the 27th, three days before the holiday period, to prevent crowding on specific days before and after the Lunar New Year and to distribute passengers more evenly.

Tickets for the temporary Lunar New Year flights will be available for purchase from 10 a.m. on the 10th and can be bought through the Air Busan website, mobile web, and app, just like regular tickets.

An Air Busan official stated, “We have deployed a large number of temporary flights to ensure that passengers traveling home for the Lunar New Year can do so conveniently,” and added, “We will also do our utmost to ensure passenger safety by strictly adhering to in-flight infectious disease prevention and quarantine guidelines.”