China, South Korea boost commercial flights as tourism increases between the 2 countries

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China and South Korea are increasing commercial flight capacity between the two countries by adding 70 more flights per week, driven by a surge in tourism and recovery in air travel post-pandemic. The increase includes passenger and air freight flights, reflecting stronger bilateral connectivity.

China and South Korea will allow 70 more flights per week between the two countries in view of fast-growing, two-way tourism and a drop in Chinese group travel to Japan. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in Seoul said in a statement Thursday that passenger flight capacity would grow from 608 to 664 per week and that maximum air freight flights would expand from 54 to 68 per week. These expansions, the first since before the Covid pandemic, reflect a surge in two-way tourism,...