About 500 flights to and from the South Korean vacationer island of Jeju have been canceled as a chilly wave gripped the nation, authorities stated on Tuesday, disrupting the ultimate day of the Lunar New Year vacation for vacationers.
All 466 home flights and 10 worldwide flights scheduled to fly to and from Jeju International Airport had been canceled, an airport spokesperson advised Reuters.
Korean Air Lines confirmed it had canceled 88 of its every day flights out and in of the island.
Tuesday noticed a number of the coldest temperatures of the season, and heavy snow and powerful winds had been anticipated to hit southern elements of the nation together with Jeju.
Weather authorities issued chilly wave alerts for a lot of the nation, with morning lows dropping to minus 16.4 Celsius (2.5 Fahrenheit) in Seoul and to minus 25.5C within the northern county of Cheorwon, in accordance with Yonhap news company.
Yonhap additionally reported that lots of of ferry voyages throughout the nation had been additionally canceled.
Tuesday was the final day of the Lunar New Year vacation, which is one in every of South Korea’s two largest holidays.
