News / Chinese ecommerce behind transhipment traffic increase at Incheon Airport

Credit Incheon International Airport Corporation.

South Korea’s Incheon International Airport Corp (IIAC) expects air cargo to double, to 6m tonnes, this year, as manufacturers reorganise their supply chains and step up their “China plus One” strategy.

IIAC said on Thursday the airport, the main gateway to Seoul, had been growing as a link between China and the US, resulting in demand for warehousing seeing facilities surge from 1,000 sq metres a decade ago, to 20,000 sq metres now – thanks to the ...