SOUTH Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation broke ground for Incheon International Airport’s second passenger terminal last week, which is expected to be finished ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Olympic Games.
The additional terminal will increase airport capacity from 44 million passengers annually to 62 million. It is one of the main facilities comprising the airport’s third phase of construction, which also includes the building of a second transportation centre.
The third phase will create some 93,000 new jobs and generate 17 trillion won (US$15.8 billion) for the country’s economy after it is completed by end-2017, according to South Korean prime minister Hong-won Chung.
Passenger traffic has been on the rise at over six per cent since Incheon’s opening in 2001, with the airport predicted to be running at full capacity by 2017. It also added a third runway and a concourse in June 2008.
