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The historic opening and birth of Incheon Airport

Phase 1 Construction of Terminal 1, Runways 1 & 2 1992~2001

Beginning of Incheon Airport as a Northeast Asia hub airport leading hub airports through expansions and new airport constructions.
Aviation demand exploded in Korea in the 1980s. The back-to-back In Asia, Japan’s Kansai Airport, Hong Kong’s Chek Lap Kok Airport,

hosting of the 1986 Seoul Asian Games and the 1988 Seoul Olympics and Singapore’s Changi Airport were fierce competitors for regional
led to a drastic rise in the number of international passengers. As dominance.
Koreans were allowed to travel abroad freely in 1989, the country’s air Amid tough Competition, the Korean government initiated plans to
traffic growth rate reached a record-high. build an international airport in the Seoul Metropolitan Area to replace

As the Cold War ended in the late 1980s, the world embarked on a Gimpo Airport. While Gimpo Airport had served as South Korea’s
path of market liberalization and globalization. The conclusion of the primary gateway to the world, it was no longer able to keep pace with
Uruguay Round (UR) in 1993 and the official establishment of the the rapidly increasing aviation demand.
World Trade Organization (WTO) in 1995 further spurred global market

integration. With the expansion of international exchanges in goods and Laying the foundations for a new airport
people in the 1990s, countries worldwide began competing to establish On June 14, 1990, the Committee for a New Airport chose Yeongjong

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