Talk:Incheon International Airport

Haneda & Narita = Tokyo
Who keeps leaving harassing messages regarding these changes? Both airports serve Tokyo- do not list separately!173.63.189.183 (talk) 09:40, 16 September 2011 (UTC)
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East Asia Airlines
How is East Asia Airlines going to fly to Busan? It's a Hong Kong based company. Please verify this claim.72.80.239.215 (talk) 06:40, 15 January 2011 (UTC)

There were never shuttle flights between Gimpo and Vladivostok! Please stop reverting it back with false info. Thank you — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.35.21.172 (talk) 10:12, 26 April 2022 (UTC)

1983
In 1983, a plane of Korean Air going to Seoul was bombed after accidentally invading Russian airspace and ignoring Russian pilots' warnings.

At that time, Incheon International Airport didn't exist. soax 13:28 Jan 15, 2003 (UTC)

List
I don't know where the passenger figures in the article are coming from, but ACI certainly disagrees:. In 2003, Asia's top 5 were HND, BKK, HKG, NRT and SIN. Jpatokal 16:49, 6 Nov 2004 (UTC)

Yeah, but an article that came out in the Herald Tribune two weeks ago listed the top Asian international airports in the following order: Hong Kong+Changi+Incheon+Narita+Bangkok.

Images
I've added new images to replace the ones I put up several months ago, since the initial photgraphs were put up without permission from their copyright holder. I took the new photos myself, so there should be no more problems about copyright and such.

Flights to Pyongyang
Pyongyang is approximately only 130-140 miles north of the airport, so why aren't there any flights to and from there?
 * Because Pyongyang is in North Korea and technically South Korea and North Korea are still at war. See Korean War. However, for the past few years ministers from both countries have been meeting regularly and are working towards reducing tensions between them and to reopen communications, travel, etc. Lets hope all wars end soon and people realize that life is short and should be lived happily instead of fighting over things all the time. sikander 01:34, 4 January 2006 (UTC)

Finnair
Where does the information concerning Finnair launching Incheon flights in 2007 come from? Yes, it's being rumored, but nothing is official yet.


 * It's official as of 26 June 2007. Please refer to the official site of the carrier. Also, this is the only case confirmed among those new-comers rumours.--59.15.101.172 05:24, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Past Carriers
Someone is constantly putting a list of past carriers of Gimpo airport (the other Seoul airport, now a domestic airport, except for Tokyo flights). I believe that it is irrelevant to the current article, which is for Incheon airport. What's the rationale for the list? Thoughts anyone? Elektrik Blue 82 07:32, 9 June 2006 (UTC)


 * British once flew to Incheon a few times due to SARS. But I agree to you that British can NOT be considered as a past carrier. Well, isn't it much better to remove the whole section?--59.15.101.172 06:36, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

Best airport
In paragraph 3,
 * It was recently voted the world's best airport in service and quality by the IATA.

I can't find a reference to this on IATA's site. Perhaps the writer meant ACI instead? --69.157.124.140 23:12, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Just looked it up....This is one article, there are more. "....2nd IATA/ACI's AETRA Survey revealed IIA as the "Best Airport Worldwide,"a kind of overall ranking category on March 7 just a few ...." Excerpt from http://www.newsworld.co.kr/cont/0603/46.htm

Official airport for 2014 olympics
states that the Yangyang International Airport will be upgraded for transportation to and from the Olympics.

Charter flights
I've noticed that some disagree that charter flights being listed on this page. Let me point out that I have only listed regular charter flights. These flights are regularly scheduled. It would be impossible to list those that occur randomly. I believe that this information should be on here, as it is on many other airport pages (at least 10). If you believe that it shouldn't be here, I won't add it again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.186.114 (talk • contribs)


 * They may be regularly scheduled, but the fact that regular passengers CANNOT book these flights is the reason why these cannot be listed here. There may be a regular charter flight from ICN to FNJ, but still a civilian cannot book this and fly the route. That is why we do not list these here. The lists of the destinations are meant to be a guide to regular passengers on where the airlines fly to. It just happens that two carriers are being chartered frequently to a point that it is scheduled. Elektrik Blue 82 18:47, 30 August 2006 (UTC)

Understood. I'll help by removing them from other airport pages also. It's just that other sysops keeps reverting it back to a version with that information. I'm not saying that I agree with you, I'm just saying that I won't question your decision. Unlike you, I don't believe that wikipedia airport pages to be meant as a guide for regular passengers. I see it as a page for information like a printed encyclopedia. As such I believe that it should include those information. Anyways, I won't add those information again. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.80.186.114 (talk • contribs)


 * If you really think that it is noteworthy to include the regular charters in the page, then I would suggest you can insert a sentence or two about them in the main text. However, giving them a separate sub-heading and listing them doesn't seem a good idea to me, because that somehow gives them the same status as the regular scheduled flights. Elektrik Blue 82 12:09, 1 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Why isn't Calgary listed????????????

Future Airlines
I had at one time confirmed everyone of those future airlines, but since it has now been deleting on accusations that it is mere speculation, I've decided to hunt down all the reference sources once again whenever I have time.


 * Air Sahara (http://www.allair.org/air-sahara/) States that flights to seoul is now planned.
 * Qantas (http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_asiapacific_business/view/227988/1/.html) Temporary flights during new year


 * These announcements do not come from the airlines themselves. Even the Qantas seasonal flights do not have a start date. Once you find an announcement from the airlines' website, then you're free to list them. Elektrik Blue 82 13:29, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

Asia's sixth busiest airport?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_busiest_airports_by_passenger_traffic

By passenger traffic, Incheon Interntational Airport is obviously not one of the six busiest airports in Asia, which are Tokyo International Airport (1), Beijing Capital International Airport (2), Hong Kong International Airport (3), Singapore Changi Airport(4), Narita International Airport(5), Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (6). —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 222.166.160.64 (talk) 16:36, 15 January 2007 (UTC).
 * You need a non-Wiki source. (Wikimachine 01:09, 16 January 2007 (UTC))
 * Also, that's by passenger traffic, not by total traffic movements. (72.80.186.244 02:43, 24 January 2007 (UTC))

Cargo Airlines
Some of the cargo airlines Marcusaffleck recently deleted off the list included cargo airlines that do fly to RKSI (ICN). I did a quick search to confirm that only 7 out of the total 20 deleted were airlines that didn't fly to RKSI. I have readded those that do seem to offer services to RKSI. This was a quick search. I may have overseen certain things. If I did, please excuse me.

Airline codes are in ICAO.

ANA http://www.ana.co.jp/cargo/schedule/pdf/data/013_e.pdf

GTI http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=5Y

NVI http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=-

CPA http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=CX

ELY http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=LY

FKS http://www.payloadasia.com/pastnews-16-s-supplement-5-2007-PayloadAsia.html

GCO http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=GR

CKS http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=K4

KRI http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=K9

MAS http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=MH

SQC http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=SQ

SOO http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=9S

TDX http://www.airport.or.kr/airport/airline/airlineView.iia?currentPage=0&searchOption=&searchWord=&langGubun=E&air_iata=WI

71.183.96.53 11:02, 25 August 2007 (UTC)

PUS-ICN on LH
Why is suddenly Busan listed as a destination for Lufthansa from Incheon??????? Still, They can't sell tickets for that routes....should SHOULD NOTbe listed as a destination!!!!! Bucs2004 00:09, 23 October 2007 (UTC)


 * While I fully understand the Cabotage matter you claimed, I don't think that we have to exclude those domestic flights (by foreign carriers) from the list, as "destinations" does not necessarily mean that the carrier sells tickets. Let's take a look at another example. Because of lack of the 5th freedom, those flights cannot be sold: Incheon-Narita (Iran, Mongolian) and Incheon-Kansai (Qatar). Those routes are listed on the 'airlines and destinations' section with no doubt. Is it so much different whether the flight is domestic or international? (or 5th or 8th freedom?) --59.15.101.172 01:32, 23 October 2007 (UTC)

Aeromexico a future airline?
As a Korean, I've never seen any article about AM to begin a Mexico-Korea service. All known are Tokyo and Shanghai. Can anybody provide a source? 59.15.101.172 (talk) 08:24, 13 December 2007 (UTC)

Yakutia Airlines
Althought Yakutia Airlines (R3) started Yakutsk-Incheon service from Oct 2007, this is not a scheduled service yet, and is still due to approval by Korean authority. Until then, R3 will remain as a charter operation in ICN. (I know the list has a few carriers who just do charters, but remember why CS is not on the list.) 59.15.101.172 (talk) 15:29, 1 February 2008 (UTC)

Incheon Tiger Airways
If you read the article on Incheon Tiger Airways you will see that a potentially power anchor airline is going to set up shop here. How should this information be integrated into the article though? I haven't edited this page yet, because I'm not sure if this information is relevant enough to add. They are not yet operating, so they can't really be placed here yet, can they? Any thoughts? DaronDierkes (talk) 05:35, 14 April 2008 (UTC)
 * Ah, I see there is already a reference. I should read before I speak.  DaronDierkes (talk) 05:38, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Destination list
I suggest merging about 20% of the destination list back into this article (from Airlines and destinations at Incheon International Airport) and just deleting the rest of that page. Basically keep the destination list in a format similar to almost all the other airport articles. Get rid of the other crap (separate line for every single city with airport name, codes, flags, etc.) DB (talk) 21:55, 27 October 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree with that word for word. Spikydan1 (talk) 20:37, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. The destinations list looks messy and hard to read anyways. Cashier freak (talk) 20:47, 3 December 2008 (UTC)
 * I agree. pikdig (talk) 03:07, 12 January 2009 (UTC)

Orphaned references in Incheon International Airport
I check pages listed in Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of Incheon International Airport's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "Route Map": From Emirates destinations: Emirates Destinations From Cebu Pacific destinations: Cebu Pacific Air - Route Map From Singapore Airlines destinations:  

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. AnomieBOT ⚡ 12:24, 6 March 2013 (UTC)

Seoul's role with China travel
Some Chinese sources I will use later that Tom Chen pointed out: WhisperToMe (talk) 07:21, 22 July 2013 (UTC)
 * "韩亚失事航班一半是中国乘客 价格便宜是诱人因素." (Archive) - Xinhua. July 9, 2013.
 * "韩亚事件折射本土客源流失国内航企“不争气”？." (Archive) Yangcheng Evening News (广东羊城晚报数字媒体有限公司).

Reordering
Ladies and gentlemen, secs 4 thru 6 need reordering and condensing of material between them. Done some. Wishes, Ukrained2012 (talk) 23:53, 11 September 2013 (UTC)

Accidents and incidents
The accident of Asiana flight 214 at San Francisco International Airport should not be listed here as an accident directly related to Incheon International Airport. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Turingskj (talk • contribs) 13:35, 28 October 2013 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 12 December 2014
The author or administrator of this page forgot to colour SPAIN in the map of COUNTRIES SERVED BY FLIGHTS FROM INCHEON AIRPORT. As a Spaniard who flies to Korea three times a year it hurted considerably.

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79.150.110.39 (talk) 15:59, 12 December 2014 (UTC)
 * I saw you edited the image a few days ago. Can you please add Spain? Madrid is in the list of airports served. Stickee (talk) 05:51, 13 December 2014 (UTC)
 * Don’t know how I managed to miss that ✅
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Edit Request
Can someone add Honolulu to the list of Jin Air destinations as the airline will start service on 19 December 2015. Source: http://airlineroute.net/2015/07/13/lj-hnl-dec15/. 97.85.113.113 (talk) 05:27, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Not done for now: WP:CRYSTAL Bazj (talk) 07:03, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Edit Request
Can someone add "ends 29 September 2015" to Guam on United Airlines as the airline is ending this route. Source: http://airlineroute.net/2015/07/20/ua-gum-sep15/. 97.85.113.113 (talk) 04:47, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Done! HkCaGu (talk) 05:30, 20 July 2015 (UTC)
 * if it's done then please mark it as done. (see  above) --Jeremyb (talk) 06:08, 20 July 2015 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 2 January 2016
Under Airlines and Destinations Please Change Korean Air operated by Hanjin with the Seasonal destination of Athens because Hanjin does not operate this flight, Hanjin Group owns Korean Air and has since 1969, a quick look at either the Korean Air page or Hanjin Group page in Wikipedia will support this. The line above already denotes that Korean Air operates a seasonal flight to Athens. Thank you, and Happy New Year.

Jbirch82 (talk) 22:37, 2 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Done. HkCaGu (talk) 03:09, 3 January 2016 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 January 2016
This part of the artice is outdated, the hospital has been built.:

To further upgrade service, Incheon and major Korean logistics firm Hanjin Corporation (parent company of the Korean Flag Carrier, Korean Air) agreed on 10 January 2008 to build a nine-story hospital near the airport. Once construction is complete in 2011, the Yeongjong Medical Centre is expected to serve nearby residents and some of Korea's annual 30,000 medical tourists.

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Palmount45 (talk) 21:48, 4 January 2016 (UTC)
 * Red information icon with gradient background.svg Not done for now: You're right, it does look outdated. However, do you have any ideas on how specifically we can change the paragraph to be updated? Are there any new reliable sources we can research and draw information from? Regards, Mz7 (talk) 05:34, 9 January 2016 (UTC)

Problems with booking a flight from international to another domestic Korean airport.
There should be something written here about the problems of booking a flight from abroad by booking a flight directly to one of Korea's other city airports. Because both ICN and GMP are listed as separate airports it is nearly impossible to book these flights without paying for a separate ticket.

Say for example you are flying from Calgary (YYC) and wanted to book a round ticket to Gwang-ju (KWJ). If you try to do that online what usually happens is that you get a flight from YYC to YVR; but instead of getting a flight from YVR to ICN and then a flight from GMP to KWJ, you get bounced over to another country such as China or Japan to an airport that serves both YVR and KWJ.

When you call an airline they say that it is not possible as you would need a double open-jaw ticket, something that most non-Korean airlines or flight rewards won't do.
 * "A -> B -> Open Jaw -> C -> D" and the return, "D -> C -> Open Jaw -> B -> A" or in this case,
 * "YYC (YVR) -> ICN -> bus/train -> GMP -> KWJ" and the return, "KWJ -> GMP -> bus/train -> ICN -> YYC (YVR)".

What you are forced to do, if you don't want to transit another country is purchase your ticket to ICN and then a separate ticket from GMP to the other Korean city (which is usually more expensive).

They really need to fix this so that it is more convenient to travel to Korea. --Skippingrock (talk) 05:14, 9 March 2016 (UTC)

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