Incheon
Asiana’s top cargo destinations last year were Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong.
Korean Air’s major freight products include cell phones, electronic parts and LCD/LED auto components, which are processed through the carrier’s 65,600sqm cargo facility. This has 70 truck docks, a dedicated cold storage area and 16 bays for B747F loading and unloading.
Asiana Airlines Incheon’s other major home carrier is Asiana Airlines. Established in 1988, Asiana operates 67 of its 85 destinations from Incheon and its top destinations include Tokyo, Osaka, Fukuoka, Beijing, Shanghai and Los Angeles. To coincide with Incheon’s tenth anniversary, Asiana plans to launch a route between Incheon and Istanbul’s Sabiha Gökçen International Airport on March 29, and will launch a service to Mongolia’s Ulaanbaatar in 2012. According to Taek-Kyu Sun, manager of
Asiana’s network planning team, basing operations at Incheon provides international carriers with a number of advantages. “With a Free Trade Agreement recently signed with the US and South Korea’s admission into its Visa Waiver
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Program in 2008, along with the development of Open Skies agreements with China and Japan, Incheon International Airport has the potential to become one of the world’s premier hubs,” he says.
Sun believes that Incheon’s efforts to maximise passenger convenience and improve infrastructure have been important; including the third runway, which will be able to handle Next Generation aircraft, and the inclusion of art and cultural items, which make the airport a ‘living and breathing’ complex of interconnected facilities. “In terms of operational costs, Incheon Airport is more conservative than other airports in the region. This allows it to keep down its airport fees, which is another strong point for its competitiveness,” adds Sun. In a move that will dramatically increase the scope of Asiana’s operations, the airline has ordered six A380s. Once delivered in 2014, these aircraft will be deployed on routes to Los Angeles and New York and other Asian and European destinations that have yet to be decided.
From 2016, Asiana is scheduled to begin receiving the fi rst of 30 A350XWB’s to help it launch several super long-haul services and connect Incheon to new markets.
Asiana is also a major cargo carrier at Incheon. In 2010, it processed 679,909 tonnes and among its top cargo destinations were Los Angeles, New York and Hong Kong.
The 54,000sqm Asiana Incheon Cargo
Terminal includes 19 large truck docks, 14 fl at docks and six special storage facilities, as well as cold storage and a valuable goods area. Annually the terminal can process up to 1.1 million tonnes. “Our future plans for developing our cargo operations at Incheon include expanding the frequency of freight fl ights to the US market. We plan to increase the frequency of freighters to the US to twice a week from June 1 this year, followed by an additional two times a week from August,” says Hyun-Jung Sung, manager of Asian’s cargo marketing team. With Korean Air’s and Asiana’s efforts, the future for Incheon, and South Korea’s, air service connectivity looks bright.
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