A single pop concert can trigger a larger surge in flights than a national holiday
Global airlines are redesigning their flight schedules to accommodate K-pop fans, whose massive travel surges to host cities often exceed the passenger traffic of major national holidays and traditional peak seasons.
When the group BTS tours, cities experience a massive 200 percent surge in flight searches that can overwhelm local infrastructure. Korean Air has even dedicated 15 percent of its widebody aircraft capacity specifically to handle these peaks, which often exceed the load factors of Golden Week by 40 percent.
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