Incheon International Airport celebrates its 20th anniversary on the 29th. Incheon International Airport opened on March 29, 2001. On the 28th, Incheon International Airport Corporation announced on the 28th that a related ceremony will be held on the afternoon of the 29th to mark the 20th anniversary of the port opening.
The ceremony held at the 1st Passenger Terminal (Millennium Hall) will be attended by Prime Minister Sye-gyun Jeong, Chairman of the National Assembly’s National Land Transport Committee, Chang-Hum Byeon, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Dong-Seok Kang, Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun, and Incheon International Airport Corporation President Kim Gyeong-wook. In order to comply with the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) quarantine guidelines, the number of offline attendees is minimized, while a non-face-to-face online live broadcast is conducted in parallel.
In the coming spring, Incheon International Airport Corporation carried out extensive environmental maintenance in preparation for the post-Corona 19 on the 25th. Cleaning the outer wall of Terminal 2. Reporter Kim Sang-sun
The past 20 years of Incheon International Airport are’the history of achievement’. As Korea’s only gateway airport, it connects 255 routes in 73 countries and operates over 100 airlines, making it the world’s third largest international cargo (2.66 million tons per year) and fifth in international passengers (70 million per year) (as of the end of 2019). ) Achieved. In addition, Incheon International Airport has been ranked first for 12 consecutive years in the world airport service evaluation organized by the International Airports Council (ACI). Based on this, it has succeeded in winning various overseas projects such as strategic consulting consulting for a new airport in Poland, consignment operation of Kuwait Airport Terminal 4, and development and operation of Batam Airport in Indonesia. To date, it has won 30 projects (approximately $230 million) in 15 countries.
The beginning and the present of Incheon International Airport’s opening. Source: Incheon International Airport Corporation
Meanwhile, Incheon International Airport Corporation will also hold the’Incheon International Airport New Vision 2030 Declaration Ceremony’, pledged to overcome the Corona 19 crisis and make a leap forward in the aviation industry at the ceremony on this day. An official from Incheon International Airport Corporation said, “To cope with the structural changes in the business environment in the post-corona era, we will reinterpret the concept of an airport from a space that goes through for movement and a space where values such as pleasure and excitement are created.”
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