With growing passenger demands along with the needing to keep up for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, Incheon International Airport annonuced their expansion plans (though it was announced in 2013).
There are three phases to this:
The first stage of terminal construction ready to be served for passengers travelling for the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics
Expansion phase of that new terminal
Increase terminal size and passenger capacity
All this equates to around $15.8 billion in economic benefits
I dont understand, there are many airports around the world with roads leading to the terminal under a taxiway or sometimes even a runway and the same goes for the second point
I wonder why they dont also renovate Gangneungâs Yangyang airport which is way closer to PyeongChang than from Seoul
Looking forward for Incheonâs Terminal 2 đ
For Your Information, Some Airports in the world uses this Taxiway Bridge innovation actually. As example, Changi Airport and Frankfurt Airport use this Taxiway Bridge system. Changi uses it to connect traffic from T3 to Runway 02C and vice versa
Based on my experience, GMP is like the LGA of Seoul, and I personally prefer GMP due to its proximity to the city (based on the couple times Iâve been there). Switching flights to ICN would most likely result in an increased unfavourability among travellers which Iâm sure the airline doesnât want. In addition, this doesnât free up all too much space, considering T2 will be for DL, AF, KL, and KE only.
I fly every three months from Europe to Yeosu or Busan, so I prefer direct connection from Incheon to these cities. On this way, I need transfer from Incheon to Gimpo.
True, although like most airlines it seems that there isnât so much of an emphasis on connections when a more local airport is present when an international airport is also present. Take the case of LGA and JFK as an example. To appeal to their larger New York customer base, they have more local flights to local destinations out of LGA as it is (somewhat) more preferable for their audience. While JFK may have some of the same flights, normally itâs on smaller equipment with less frequency in order to maintain connections. Hence why you see the occasional narrowbody sitting in ICN, whereas the majority of aircraft are widebodies â KE + OZ mostly have international connections on their mind in ICN to appeal to those using Korea as a connection point, whereas the majority of traffic flying domestic routes is more likely to also be originating in Korea, and thus would prefer the use of a smaller, more convenient airport to where they live. As a result, you see a lot less (although still some) flights from ICN domestically than you do from GMP.
This is an ignorant question, so I apologize in advance; is this close to or part of the former Kimpo Air Force base? My old man was there âvisitingâ from 1950-52 and told me amazing stories (he loved being in Asia) about Korea and Japan when he was still alive.
It is indeed (sometimes) troublesome, but if you take the airport express train, itâll take only 30 mins or so from ICN-GMP. For downtown Seoul, 58 mins. Plus, KE operates some domestic flights from ICN to KPO and PUS, but only for intâl connecting flights I believe.
