Does Incheon International Airport Develop Air Logistics Hub in Northeast Asia?

초록

This paper introduces initiative of Korean air cargo hub at Incheon International Airport (ICN) in the region of Northeast Asia. The inauguration of Incheon International Airport provides new opportunities for Korean aviation since March 2001. In order to be a regional air logistics hub, ICN has a strong potential circumstance geographically and economically but its success is definitely depended on the capability of rapidly attracting a critical mass of global logistics service providers along with the strategic plans from airport operator. The “Winged City” strategy, the image of new ICN as the whole ICN’s complex flying ahead of the competition in the global airport industry, can be enable to create of a logistics hub in Northeast Asia. Therefore, the main object of the Winged City strategies is stressed on the development of a hub in terms of airfreight and inter-modal logistics in Northeast Asia.