South Korea Air Travel

South Korea's picturesque locales, lively culture and friendly natives attract a number of tourists and visitors every year. The country is a relatively small one, covering a land area of about 98,190 square kilometers. South Korea Air Travel, though not very popular among the natives, is an excellent mode of getting around the country and is especially favored by the international tourists of the country. Air Travel in South Korea is a fast and expedient means of reaching one town from another. Albeit considered slightly expensive in comparison to the other means of transport such as trains and busses, air travel is safe and comfortable. In fact the island of Jeju is provided connectivity to the mainland of South Korea only by the flights and ferries plying passengers to and fro. According to recent reports, South Korea boasts of about 107 airports but not all of these allow commercial planes to field. The 8 international airports and other domestic airfields allow for domestic air travel within the country.

The major chunk of domestic air travel was handled by Korean Air and Asiana. These two flight operators held sway over commercial air travel within South Korea for long. However the introduction of low cost airlines such as Hansung Airlines and Jeju Air have broken this duopoly and have introduced the idea of air travel well to the natives of South Korea. The inexpensive South Korea Air Travel offered by these low cost airlines has made air travel well within the reach of average man. Bsides Jeju Island,these operators fly regular flights in the Seoul-Busan (Incheon - Gimhae) route with stopovers at in-between aerodromes such as Cheongju. In fact, the air service in this route is more cost effective than the high speed KTX express train. South Korea Air Travel is now growing increasingly popular with both the citizens of the country and the foreign tourists.