Yangcheon-gu Strongly Protests Transport Rights Allocation Decision for Gimpo~Kaohsiung Route

Yangcheon-gu Holds Emergency Public-Private Meeting on 18th to Oppose Gimpo Airport International Flight Increase... Clearly Opposes Unilateral Plan Without Resident Consent

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Yangcheon-gu (Mayor Kim Soo-young) held an emergency countermeasure meeting at 2 p.m. on the 18th in the Gonggam Planning Office on the 4th floor of the district office regarding opposition to the increase of international flights at Gimpo Airport.

On the 15th, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport's Aviation Traffic Deliberation Committee abruptly decided on the allocation of transport rights for the new Gimpo~Kaohsiung route.

In response, Yangcheon-gu expressed clear opposition to the government's unilateral plan to increase international flights and arranged the emergency countermeasure meeting to seek active response measures.

About 30 participants, including members of the Yangcheon-gu Airport Noise Countermeasure Committee, local district council members, and related officials, attended the meeting to urge the withdrawal of the transport rights allocation decision and the prior establishment of sincere government measures. They discussed response plans such as ▲visiting related agencies to protest and meeting with responsible officials ▲resident signature campaigns ▲and a bipartisan struggle through cooperation among local National Assembly members, city, and district council members to transfer international flights to Incheon Airport, where passenger handling and airport capacity have been sufficiently secured with the opening of Terminal 2.

Before the meeting, Kim Soo-young, Mayor of Yangcheon-gu, stated, “Despite continuous demands from residents in noise-affected areas and local governments for effective noise reduction and damage compensation measures, it is very regrettable that the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport once again unilaterally decided to increase international flights without residents’ consent and without practical compensation measures.”

Furthermore, considering the temporary management difficulties of the aviation industry due to the COVID-19 crisis, the district office stated that increasing international flights under the pretext of supporting stable future operations is an unfair decision that ignores the reality of residents suffering from aircraft noise damage. They pledged to work hard to ensure the international flight increase plan is withdrawn.

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