
The Jeju International Airport has a total of 29 direct routes (13 domestic and16 international).
Domestic routes link Jeju and elsewhere in the nation- Incheon, Gimpo, Gimhae, Chongju, Wonju, Daegu, Gunsan, Gwangju, Ulsan, Pohang, Sacheon, Yeosu and Muan. International routes connect Jeju and cities of three countries-Japan, China and Taiwan. The cities are Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya and Fukuoka in Japan and Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, Changchun, Shenyang, Harbin, Xian, Lanzhou, Yanji and Hangzhou in China as well as Taiwanese cities of Taipei and Kaohsiung.
94 percent of tourists to Jeju use airplanes.
They take off and land 143,000 times in a year including Boeing 747's using the 3km runway and the Jeju Airport can handle 15.2 million passengers a year.
Based on mid & long term airport expansion plans, 375.5 Mil. USD will be invested to expand the airport till 2020. During the first phase of the project up to 2010, they expanded the capacity of the taking off and landing to 177,000 times and enlarge major facilities so that they could handle 18.64 million passengers, a year.
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Domestic Airlines |
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Korean Air (1599-2001) |
Asiana Airlines(1588-8000) |
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Jeju Air (1599-1500) |
Air Busan (1588-8009) |
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Eastar Jet (1544-0080) |
Jin Air (1600-6200) |
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T’way Air (1688-8686) |
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Jeju Port has 6 direct sailing routes employing 12 ships weighing 600~5,600 tons. The ships are operated 6 times a week between Jeju and major ports in regions such as Busan and Incheon with a capacity of carrying 2,401,000 passengers a year. 6% of the total travelers are coming in and out of Jeju by sea.
Jeju is going to expand the anchoring capacity from the current 17 ships weighing over 1,000 tons up to a maximum of 20,000 tons to 20 ships weighing over 1,000 tons and up to a maximum of 80,000 tons by the year of 2011.
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