Rising Influence on the Global Stage... Incheon Airport Partners with ICAO and Ecuador

Support for Construction Personnel to ICAO
MOU with Ecuador Quito Airport... Passenger and Cargo Cooperation

Incheon International Airport is strengthening its cooperative relationship with the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and Quito Airport in Ecuador. It plans to enhance human resource cooperation with ICAO and increase collaboration related to cargo with Quito Airport.

On the 1st (local time), Incheon International Airport Corporation announced on the 2nd that it signed an MOU for human resource support cooperation with ICAO Secretary General Juan Carlos Salazar in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Accordingly, the corporation’s employees will participate in ICAO’s technical support projects for civil aviation in developing countries, sharing their experience in airport construction and operation. After signing the MOU, the corporation will select employees to register on the ICAO expert list and involve them as project personnel when suitable projects arise in the future.

Additionally, on the 3rd (local time), Lee Hak-jae, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation, will sign a strategic cooperation agreement with Ramon Miro, President of Quiport S.A., the operator of Quito International Airport in Ecuador. Through this, both airports plan to strengthen cooperation in passenger and cargo sectors.

Taking this agreement as an opportunity, the corporation plans to build a cooperative network for future overseas business expansion in the Latin American region and actively utilize Quito Airport as a foothold for collecting information on trends in the Latin American aviation industry.

Quito Airport, following Incheon Airport, became the second in the world to receive the highest level (Level 5) certification for ACI Customer Experience. It also received the highest rating (5 stars) in the airport quality evaluation hosted by the UK’s Skytrax. In October last year, a Strategic Economic Cooperation Agreement (SECA) between South Korea and Ecuador was concluded, and an increase in cargo volume is expected. Notably, 92% of Quito Airport’s export cargo consists of floral products, and pharmaceuticals are identified as a promising export item to Ecuador, forecasting an increase in fresh cargo transportation between the two countries.

The corporation plans to closely cooperate to expand air routes in Latin America, considering Ecuador’s suitability as a geopolitical hub in Latin America and the convenience for transit passengers due to its use of the US dollar.

Lee Hak-jae, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation, said, "Through active exchanges and cooperation with overseas airports, we will firmly establish our status as a world-leading airport."

On the 1st (local time) at the Barcel? B?varo Convention Center in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Lee Hak-jae, President of Incheon International Airport Corporation (third from the left), posed for a commemorative photo after signing an MOU for ICAO's support project cooperation for developing countries, along with Juan Carlos Salazar, ICAO Secretary General (second from the left), Yoo Kyung-soo, Director of Aviation Safety Policy at the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (fourth from the left), Salvatore Sciacchitano, ICAO President (far left), and Tao Ma, ICAO Asia-Pacific Regional Director (far right). (Photo by Incheon International Airport Corporation)

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