LCCs Service 20.7% more Passengers on Int'l Routes in S. Korea

(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Oul may 22 (qna) - low cost carriers (lccs) in south korea serviced 20.7% more people on international routes in the first four months of this year compared with 2013 a report by south korea's largest airport authority said wednesday.



according to the incheon international airport corp. (iiac) the number of people that used the country's main air terminal to go abroad rose a solid 14.1% on-year to 14.05 million in the cited period. of the total 1.98 million used low cost carriers.

the number of passenger that used budget carriers includes both local and foreign lccs.

the total pushed up market share of such airlines by 3.1% to 14.1%.



iiac said the number of passengers carried by south korean lccs -- jeju air co. air busan co. jin air co. eastar jet co. and t'way airlines -- shot up 39.2% on-year to 1.36 million but that for foreign lccs such as air asia zest decreased 6.4% to 620000.

"the drop for foreign lccs is attributable to consumer complaints about inadequate in-flight service and problems with reservations" an official at the iiac said.



the korea consumer agency reported 209 cases of complaints by passengers who used foreign lccs in 2013 up more than six-fold from 33 recorded in the year before.

last year there were 87 complaints lodged against local budget carriers. (qna)