Korea Airports Corporation Signs Business Agreement with Low Birthrate Committee to Create Family-Friendly Airports

Introduction of 50% Parking Fee Discount for Pregnant Women
and Other New Measures in the Second Half of the Year

Korea Airports Corporation announced on the 9th that it signed a "Business Agreement for the Creation of Family-Friendly Airports" with the Low Fertility and Aging Society Committee at the Government Seoul Office Building on the 8th.

Lee Jeong-gi, Acting President of Korea Airports Corporation (right), and Joo Hyung-hwan, Vice Chairman of the Low Fertility and Aging Society Committee, are posing for a commemorative photo at the "Business Agreement Ceremony for Creating Family-Friendly Airports" held at the Government Seoul Office Building on the 8th. Photo by Korea Airports Corporation

The purpose is to create an environment where pregnant women, passengers accompanied by infants and young children, and elderly people can use the airport safely and conveniently.

Through the agreement, both organizations agreed to cooperate on preferential treatment for pregnant women and families with multiple children when using the airport, discovering joint tasks to respond to low birth rates, creating child-rearing friendly conditions such as work-family balance, and social contribution activities supporting childbirth and childcare.

Since the end of last year, the Corporation has been implementing the "Mom Comfortable Airport Service," which offers a 50% discount on parking fees for families with two or more children under the age of 18 and provides priority security screening services for companions with infants under 24 months (up to 6 people).

In the second half of this year, the Corporation plans to operate parking zones that consider families accompanied by children under 7 years old and elderly people with mobility difficulties, and introduce a new service that offers a 50% discount on parking fees for pregnant women.

Lee Jeong-gi, Acting President of the Corporation, said, "The Corporation will continue to work closely with the Low Fertility and Aging Society Committee to create a family-friendly airport environment."