YEONGJONG ISLAND, Sept. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — VIP rooms at Incheon International Airport have all but been abandoned as COVID-19 continues to put severe constraints on overseas travel. The Incheon International Airport Corp. reported that the VIP rooms at the airport were used only 170 times between January and August this year. With a monthly average [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), South Korea’s main airport operator, said Tuesday that it had acquired Airport Health Accreditation from the Airports Council International (ACI) for the second straight year. The ACI Airport Health Accreditation was introduced in July 2020 as a way to systemize global airports’ disinfection [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon international Airport, the country’s main gateway, will start providing an unmanned money exchange service to enable travelers using the airport to exchange money on a non-face-to-face basis without having to visit a bank or currency exchange counters, its operator said Monday. In collaboration with three commercial banks that [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of daily passengers at Incheon International Airport, South Korea’s main gateway, rose to the highest point this year in early August as more people traveled during the summer holiday season amid the vaccination drive, data showed Saturday. An average of 10,987 passengers used the Incheon airport a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, the main gateway to South Korea, has handled more than 50 million tons of cargo since its opening 20 years ago, its operator said Tuesday. The cumulative amount of cargo handled at the airport, west of Seoul, exceeded the 50 million ton mark last Tuesday as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Incheon International Airport, the country’s main gateway, reported higher than expected parking revenue this year despite the prolonged outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the sharp decline in the number of users, its operator said Sunday. The number of cars that used the airport’s parking lots in the first [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The prolonged onslaught of the novel coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on many businesses and Incheon International Airport, one of the largest and busiest airports in the world, is suffering heavy damage from the fallout of the pandemic. According to the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), passenger volume has taken [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A decision by Incheon International Airport Co. to give full employment status to temporary workers has stirred up a furious debate about a level playing field and angered some for what they called reverse discrimination. Earlier this week, the public company, one of the country’s most coveted among jobseekers, [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday it will build charging facilities for hydrogen buses at Incheon International Airport, the country’s main gateway, by March 2021. Hyundai Motor will also provide hydrogen buses to the Incheon airport, and French company Air Liquide SA, the world’s biggest supplier of industrial gases, will [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two leading duty free operators have decided to give up their bids to operate stores at Incheon International Airport as the novel coronavirus has devastated business at the transportation hub, industry sources said Wednesday. The move by Hotel Lotte and Hotel Shilla comes as the business environment [...]