CARGO DEVELOPMENT
INCHEON’S FACILITIES AND FAST HANDLING TIMES MAKE IT ONE OF THE BEST-EQUIPPED AND CONVENIENT CARGO AIRPORTS ON THE PLANET.
CARGO GIANT I
ncheon is quite simply a cargo giant, handling nearly three million tons of freight per annum. Last year’s record throughput of 2.68 million tons represented an impressive 16% rise on 2009 and helped cement Incheon’s status as the second busiest cargo airport in the world for international shipments after Hong Kong. And with South Korea’s economy fi rmly on the rise again after a slight dip caused by the global economic recession, Incheon expects cargo volumes to reach an all-time high of 2.84 million tons in 2011.
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“We are very fortunate that the Korean economy recovered very fast in 2010,” notes Joon Jung, executive director of Incheon’s Cargo Marketing Group. “The turnaround was much faster and stronger than most other countries across the region and ensures that we go into 2011 and the next fi ve years on the front-foot.” The airport is capable of handling up to 4.5 million tons of freight per annum.
Although cargo only accounts for around 6% of the airport’s total income, the relatively small total is in no way
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