Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea's air traffic volume tops 1 million flights for first time in 2025

Korea's annual air traffic volume surpassed 1 million flights for the first time last year, driven by a sharp increase in international travel demand, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Thursday.

2026-02-19

North Korea to cut air traffic control communication with South Korea, Seoul says

North Korea has informed the UN aviation agency of a plan to sever its air traffic control communication channel with South Korea, according to Seoul's Ministry of Unification on Wednesday.

2025-02-13

North Korean trash balloons shut down Seoul's airports 20 times since June

North Korea’s trash-laden balloons interrupted operations at Seoul-area airports 20 times this year. As of Monday, trash balloons had disrupted air traffic for a combined 413 minutes at Incheon International Airport and Gimpo International Airport.

2024-09-25

Korean air traffic nears pre-Covid levels, yet hurdles remain on key routes

Last year’s air traffic over Korean skies almost caught up to its pre-pandemic level in 2019, but travel through Chinese and European routes have been slow to catch up.

2024-01-21

Ironing out an air corridor took decades

For more than three decades, air traffic control in the skies south of Korea’s Jeju Island has been shared by three countries: Korea, China and Japan.

2021-01-15