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Incheon Airport Marks 1 Billion Cumulative Passengers 25 Years After Opening
South Korea’s Incheon International Airport hit the milestone on Tuesday, faster than any other major global hub. The airport opened in March 2001 and marked the achievement with a ceremony at Terminal 2.
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Incheon International Airport recorded its 1 billionth cumulative passenger on Tuesday, 25 years and three months after opening in March 2001, South China Morning Post reported. The airport operator said the total was reached faster than at any other major global hub. Germany’s Munich Airport took 33 years and 10 months to reach the same mark.
Singapore’s Changi Airport required 35 years and five months, Japan’s Narita International Airport needed 39 years and two months, and Dubai International Airport took 58 years and two months. The 1 billion passengers equate to an average of 108,000 travellers per day since the airport opened, or 4,513 per hour and roughly 75 every minute, according to Incheon International Airport Corp.
One in eight people on Earth has used the facility, and every South Korean has passed through it about 19 times on average.
The airport corporation held a ceremony on Tuesday at Terminal 2 to mark the milestone. Acting President Kim Bum-ho and senior executives from Korean Air attended the event.
