Muan-gun Promotes Muan International Airport to Tourists Visiting the Lotus Flower Festival Venue

Published 21 Jul.2023 15:48(KST)

Citizens and Government Work Together, Sweating It Out to Revitalize the Airport

Muan County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim San) is working hard to revitalize Muan International Airport.

On the 21st, according to the county, to celebrate the 26th Lotus Festival, 50 members of the Muan International Airport Revitalization Promotion Committee (Chairman Park Ilsang) distributed promotional materials to visitors at the festival site to help them cool off from the heat and promoted the use of the nearby Muan International Airport for overseas travel during this summer vacation season.

At the Muan Lotus Festival, promotion is being conducted for tourists to revitalize Muan International Airport. <br>[Photo by Muan-gun]

At the Muan Lotus Festival, promotion is being conducted for tourists to revitalize Muan International Airport.
[Photo by Muan-gun]

Currently, Muan International Airport operates or plans to operate 8 routes in 5 countries for international flights, including 4 routes to Vietnam (Nha Trang, Da Nang, Dalat, Ho Chi Minh), Zhangjiajie in China, Kitakyushu in Japan, Ulaanbaatar in Mongolia, and Boracay in the Philippines.

In particular, for domestic flights, Jeju operates 7 times a week, and Gimpo operates 3 times a week, showing a rapid recovery with 100,000 passengers in the first half of this year alone.

To accelerate this recovery, Muan County is putting all its efforts into revitalizing Muan International Airport.

The county is promoting the establishment of the Muan Aviation Specialized Industrial Complex to secure a steady volume of air cargo transportation such as aviation MRO, air logistics, and parts, and has attended the National Assembly to propose early normalization of regular routes at Muan International Airport and regional slot allocation for the revitalization of local airports.

Additionally, to attract regular flights to Muan International Airport and discuss financial support, they visited six domestic airlines including Korean Air and Asiana Airlines to hear this year’s operation plans and requested the launch of regular international and domestic flights at Muan International Airport. Since 2019, they have supported 590 million KRW in financial aid to air carriers operating at Muan International Airport, and plan to significantly increase this support to 1.2 billion KRW this year to facilitate early normalization and attract new international routes.

Furthermore, administrative support is being devoted to ensure that the construction of the airport KTX station and the second phase of the Honam High-Speed Railway is completed smoothly by 2025. On the 20th, a council meeting was held with about 30 participants including the Busan Regional Aviation Administration, Jeollanam-do, Muan County, the construction company, and residents of Mangun-myeon to gather opinions from related organizations and pledge cooperation to complete the runway extension work at Muan International Airport as soon as possible to revitalize the airport.

Governor Kim San stated, “We will continue to pay attention and prepare concrete and practical airport revitalization measures so that Muan International Airport can lead regional development and represent Muan County as a gateway.”