Air
Asiana Airlines
(OZ) and Korean
Air (KE) are the Republic of Korea’s national airlines.
Other main airlines which serve Korea (Rep) include:
 Air
Canada
Air
China
Air
France
American
Airlines
Cathay
Pacific Airlines,
Garuda
Indonesia Airlines
Japan
Airlines
KLM
Lufthansa
Malaysia
Airlines
Qantas
Airways
Singapore
Airlines
Thai
Airways
United
Airlines
Vietnam
Airlines
Approximate flight times
It
is 11 hours from Seoul to London,
add 1 hour if flying to any other major European cities.
It
is 17 hours and 40 minutes from Seoul to New
York (including stopover in Anchorage).
It
is 10 hours and 30 minutes from Seoul to Los
Angeles.
It is 9 hours from Seoul to Sydney.
International airports
Seoul (SEL) Incheon International
Airport (ICN)
The airport is situated 40 kilometres (25 miles) west of Seoul on
Yongion.
Airport facilities
Include left luggage, banks/bureaux de change, chemist, duty free
shops, post office, restaurants and tourist information office.
Transport
Limousine buses, coaches and taxis operate normal routes between
the major urban district with a travel time of 90 minutes.
Ferries operate every 20 to 30 minutes daily between the airport
ferry pier and Wolmido/Yuldo on the coast of Incheon
city with a journey time of 15 to 20 minutes.
The Korea Train Express (KTX) has 2 lines to transport
people from the airport which are the Honam line,
running from Seoul to Cheonana, Iksan,
Mokpo etc, and the Gyeongbu line, running
from Seoul to Busan, Dongdaegu, Gwangmyeong
etc.
Website:www.airport.or.kr
Seoul (SEL) Gimpo (GMP) Airport
is the major domestic airport, even though only a few international
flights do still depart from there (see the Travel Internal section).
Busan (PUS) (Kimhae)
The airport is located 27 kilometres (17 miles) from Busan (in the
far south) and the airport receives flights from Fukuoka,
Osaka and Tokyo.
Airport
facilities
Busan Airport facilities include car hire, currency exchange, duty
free shop, gift shop, post office, snack bar, restaurant and travel
information service.
Transport
There are bus, coach and taxi services to the town.
Jeju
(CJU) (Jeju)
The airport is situated on the island of Jeju, about 4 kilometres
(2.5 miles) from the town centre.
Airport facilities
Jeju Airport facilities include currency exchange, duty free shop,
gift shop, post office, snack bar and travel information service.
Transport
Buses and coaches are available to the town and leave every 10 to
15 minutes (6.10 am - 10.30 pm).
Departure tax
: W10,000. Transit passengers and infants under 2 years of age are
free of charge.
Sea/River
Busan in the far south and Incheon
due west of Seoul are International ports.
Passenger lines that sail to Japan are:
Bugwan
Ferry
Korea
Ferry
Korea
Marine Express
Jinchon
Ferry
Weidong
Ferry sail regularly to China.
Cargo/passenger
lines include American Mail and American
President. American President Lines and Lykes Lines
provide weekly trips from the USA.
Groups of tourists are currently allowed to visit Korea North on
cruise ships departing from Tonghae port, in Korea
South, and sailing to Changjon port uder an agreement
reached between Korea (Dem Rep) and Korea
(Rep) tour operators. For more information, contact Korea
National Tourist Organisation.
Rail/Road
The Republic of Korea’s only land frontier with Korea
North remains closed, even though a limited number of tourists
are presently allowed to travel to the north via certain cruise
ships (see Sea above).
Discount tickets
The Korea-China Through-ticket and Korea-Japan
Through-ticket have discounts on travel between the countries,
including transport by train and ferry. For further details, contact
Korea National
Tourist Organisation. |
