Airport Check-in: Air city planned around Seoul Incheon

The new plans are part of the airport's goal to become a major international hub that draws more transfer passengers. The global recession has hit Asia hard, and the airport's passenger traffic fell 10% in the first seven months of this year compared with a year ago. The decline was offset by a 32% increase in transfer passengers, says Michelle Mi Sung Wee, a marketing official at Incheon.
The airport has been selected "Best Airport Worldwide" by Airports Council International four years in a row largely because of its services and amenities for transfer passengers. They can use free showers, soak in hot tubs in a Korean-style spa or nap at an in-terminal hotel that rents rooms in six-hour blocks.