The number of passengers that took international flights operated by Korean air carriers increased sixteen-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier to 9.87 million, driven by a surge in demand amid border reopenings, government data showed.
An airplane takes off at Incheon International Airport on Monday. The number of passengers that took international flights operated by Korean air carriers increased sixteen-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier to 9.87 million, driven by a surge in demand amid border reopenings, government data showed. [YONHAP]
![An airplane takes off at Incheon International Airport on Monday. The number of passengers that took international flights operated by Korean air carriers increased sixteen-fold in the first quarter from a year earlier to 9.87 million, driven by a surge in demand amid border reopenings, government data showed. [YONHAP]](https://img3.daumcdn.net/thumb/R658x0.q70/?fname=https://t1.daumcdn.net/news/202304/24/koreajoongangdaily/20230424191138184svla.jpg)