SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Lotte Duty Free, South Korea’s No. 1 duty-free retailer, said Tuesday it will partially close down its operations at the country’s main gateway mainly due to a sharp drop in sales. Lotte Duty Free said it has filed an official request with Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC) to withdraw [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwie) — Incheon Airport will provide emergency medical services during the 2018 PyeongChang Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games. According to the Incheon city government, medical staff from four local general hospitals including Gachon University Gil Hospital, Inha University Hospital, International St. Mary’s Hospital and Gumdan Top General Hospital will be dispatched to [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The operator of Incheon International Airport is likely to snub calls from Lotte Duty Free, the country’s top duty-free operator, to adjust its rental fees, industry sources said Monday, amid the ongoing diplomatic row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a U.S. missile system here. Last week, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Representatives of duty-free shops at Incheon Airport have called on the airport officials to consider dropping the price of rent temporarily amid China’s economic retaliation over the South Korean deployment of a THAAD anti-missile system, which has had a devastating impact on the local tourism industry. According to industry sources, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans expected to travel abroad is set to be twice that of foreigners visiting the country this year amid a sharp drop in the arrival of Chinese nationals, a state-run tourism agency said Thursday. The January-July tally showed that some 7.76 million foreigners came to [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Yonhap) – Incheon International Airport is introducing robots next month which could soon help customers find check-in counters and move luggage, and will also be capable of serving food at restaurants. According to Incheon Airport officials on Monday, five guide robots and another five for cleaning will be trialed from next month, [...]
SEOUL, May 10 (Korea Bizwire) – An attempt to lease out the remaining duty-free store licenses by tender at the new terminal at Incheon International Airport has failed again, as no duty-free operators made a bid, authorities and industry sources said Wednesday. The auction for licensing to run the apparel and accessories store at the [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of Chinese passengers traveling via Incheon International Airport in the first 10 days of this month dropped by 37 percent from a year ago amid a diplomatic row over the deployment of a U.S. missile defense system, its operator said Thursday. A total of 226,066 Chinese nationals [...]
SEJONG, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – To be reborn as a ‘sleepless’ facility, officials from Incheon International Airport have taken steps to keep stores open 24 hours a day, increase the number of late night buses, and most importantly, build a 60 room capsule hotel. For the convenience of passengers transiting through Incheon airport, Walkerhill [...]
INCHEON, Feb.11 (Korea Bizwire) – A man in his 30s who was arrested for leaving explosive material in a bathroom at Incheon International Airport testified that he left a note written in Arabic to make it seem like a crime committed by foreigners, and was hoping to confuse police investigating the case. Incheon police will [...]