SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Seoul Metro, the operator of the subway service in Seoul, on Monday launched a new service that delivers luggage between Incheon and Gimpo airports and a subway station within a single day. This service allows customers to check their luggage at a subway station while commuting to work and [...]
SEJONG, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Luggage delivery services, which were once available only at Jeju Airport for delivering travelers’ luggage to hotels or other destinations, will now be made available to Jeju-bound tourists nationwide. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and Korea Airports Corp. announced Thursday that they will introduce the luggage delivery [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will beef up quarantine inspections at major airports as the number of travelers are expected to rise sharply in the summer vacation season amid a new wave of virus resurgence, Interior Minister Lee Sang-min said Friday. Some 200 quarantine workers will be additionally assigned to Incheon International [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow three more airports to run international “flights to nowhere” to help the pandemic-hit airline and duty-free industry ride out the prolonged crisis, the transport ministry said Sunday. Flights to nowhere start and end at the same airport and offer tax-free sales, while passengers are exempted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of passengers using South Korean airports fell sharply last year due to the fallout of the new coronavirus outbreak, marking the first drop in 12 years, data showed Sunday. The number of people using 15 airports across the nation came to 65 million last year, down 58.8 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will spend 400 billion won (US$365 million) by 2025 on noise abatement projects for households living near airports that are suffering from aircraft noise. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on Monday that it will set up and implement a mid-term plan from [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost six months have passed since the onset of the coronavirus outbreak, and airport restaurants are fighting for survival as customer numbers continue to dwindle. Despite the upcoming vacation season, restaurants at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main air hub, are more or less empty thanks to the coronavirus [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will expand the reduction of rental fees for airport duty-free shops and other commercial facilities hit hard by the new coronavirus outbreak, the transport ministry said Monday. State-run Korea Airports Corp. (KAC) and Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) will cut rental fees for duty-free shops, banks, restaurants [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of air passengers in South Korea fell to a record low last month due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, data showed Sunday, as countries around the globe impose lockdowns and restrict travel and people shun travel. The number of air passengers stood at 1.74 million in March, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Airline carriers are suffering from a growing number of voluntary disembark request cases in which airline passengers suddenly say they want to get off the plane. According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the number of voluntary disembark requests at airports across the country has been increasing [...]