Yoon Hyung-jung, President of Korea Airports Corporation, Focuses on Local Marketing in Japan... "Discussing Tourism Demand Recovery"

Yoon Hyung-jung, President of Korea Airports Corporation (right), is seen discussing cooperation measures for the recovery of air travel demand with Takashiro Isao, Chairman of Japan Airport Building, at Haneda Airport in Japan, and taking a commemorative photo. Photo by Korea Airports Corporation

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Hyun-seok] Korea Airports Corporation announced on the 26th that President Yoon Hyung-jung will engage in local marketing activities by meeting with airport authorities and travel industry officials in Tokyo and Osaka, Japan.

On the same day, President Yoon met with Takashiro Isao, Chairman of Japan Airport Terminal Co., Ltd., and Yokota Nobuaki, President, at Tokyo Haneda Airport to discuss demand recovery through increased flights on the Gimpo-Haneda route and the establishment of a new Gimhae-Haneda route. Both parties pledged to cooperate closely to prepare for the surge in inbound and outbound passenger demand between Korea and Japan. They also agreed to restore employee exchanges that had been suspended since COVID-19 and to resume annual exchange events.

He then met with Koyano Yoshiheru, Vice Chairman of the Japan Association of Travel Agents, to discuss measures to restore the tourism markets of both Korea and Japan, which have recently been depressed due to COVID-19. They focused particularly on developing inbound tourism products leveraging the recent Korean Wave (Hallyu) boom and on strategies to recover tourism demand between the two countries.

On the 27th, to cooperate on resuming the Gimpo-Osaka route, he will meet with Beno?t Hulot, Co-CEO of Osaka Kansai Airport, to discuss the prompt resumption of the route and plans to increase flights from regional airports to Osaka. They also plan to discuss mutual cooperation measures such as marketing, product development, and promotion to revitalize Osaka-originating air routes with Peach Aviation, Japan’s leading low-cost carrier based at Kansai Airport.

President Yoon Hyung-jung of Korea Airports Corporation emphasized, “In line with Japan’s planned full relaxation of entry restrictions next month, we will make every effort to normalize international flights by directly communicating with key stakeholders such as Japanese airport authorities, airlines, and travel agencies to maximize inbound passengers through increased and new Korea-Japan routes.”