South Korea's Incheon Airport exceeds 800 million cumulative passengers...22 years after opening

South Korea's Incheon Airport has surpassed 800 million cumulative passengers for the first time in 22 years and 7 months since its opening in March 2001. Incheon International Airport Corporation announced on the 4th that the Incheon Airport Passenger Terminal 1 departure gate will be opened.
The ``Event to Commemorate the 800 Million Cumulative Passengers'' was held at the event venue set up near boarding gate 10. At this day's event, Incheon International Airport Corporation President Lee Hak-jae, Asiana Airlines
Director Hyun Il-jo and other related parties participated and presented a gold key and round-trip ticket as gifts to the 800 millionth passenger departing to Los Angeles, USA on Asiana Airlines Flight OZ 202.
did. The Corporation also delivered refreshments and souvenirs to all departing passengers aboard the affected aircraft. Incheon Airport, which opened on March 29, 2001, reached 100 million cumulative passengers in October 2005.
The company explained that it took 4 years and 7 months to achieve this goal, and that the cumulative increase in passengers has accelerated thanks to the rapid increase in aviation demand.
This achievement of 800 million cumulative passengers is due to Incheon Airport overcoming the COVID-19 virus crisis and
The corporation explained that this is an achievement that symbolizes the normalization of port operations. As of August this year, the number of passengers at Incheon Airport was over 35.22 million, which is 71% compared to the same period in 2019 (48.18 million).
has recovered. Based on the recovery trend in passenger demand and stable airport operation results, the public corporation declared in August that airport operations would be fully normalized. Reflecting this trend of recovery in passenger demand, the public corporation has
The airline forecasts passenger numbers to range from 54 million (77% of 2019) to 57 million (81% of 2019). President Lee Hak-jae said, ``I would like to thank all the people for reaching 800 million cumulative passengers.
We would like to express our gratitude to the government for their interest and policy support.''We will continue to strengthen our future competitiveness based on safe and convenient airport services, and reborn as an airport that will lead the global hub airport competition.''
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