Finding a Flight Ticket to Korea

Flight ticket to Korea can be taken from several counties around the Asia, Europe and US. If you are from South East Asia, at least there are 5 airline companies that provide thicket to South Korea including Malaysia airline, Vietnam airline, Cathay pacific, Garuda Indonesia, and Thai airlines. Flights from USA to South Korea can be taken from New York, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Boston and Dallas.

• The price of airplane ticket to South Korea

Flight ticket to South Korea is considered a little bit expensive compare to ticket to Japan, because they don’t have any commercial airlines companies that promote tour packages; because the number of visitors who are coming to South Korea is increasing every year. Since the nation become one of the destination country, the air plane companies create a fair price for their ticket; so it will be hard to find cheaper ticket which is less than $400. If you are taking the flight from South East Asia, you need to pay at least more than 500 dollars Singapore; some of the tickets are more than 1500 dollar Singapore. USA flight to South Korea cost around $900 to $1300, it is more expensive compare to the tickets from London to South Korea which is only around 500 pounds.

• International airport in South Korea

There are several international airports to South Korea; you can choose your flight based on your destination. At least there are two main international airports that are available in South Korea including Incheon international airport and Jeju international airport. Incheon is considered as the most visited airport among the foreign tourist, because almost all airlines companies are ported in Incheon.  Even though Jeju international airport is also busy with tourist; but it only provides international flight tickets to Japan, China, and Hong Kong. Tourists who want to travel to Jeju Island need to take another flight from Incheon; so make sure to add it to your expense.  South Korea also has a lot of flight schedules to the other part of their province including; Busan, Ulsan, Ansan, Gunsan, Jeonju and many more. The flight ticket can be purchased when you arrived in South Korea or while you are still on your native country; because the payment can be done through online transaction. Even though the price of flight ticket to Korea is quite expensive compare to any other Asian countries; people still gladly pay of it, because they can enjoy a lot of things while staying in South Korea.

Exploring Incheon Airport

Incheon airport or Incheon International Airport (in Korean: Incheon Gukje Gonghang) is the main airport that connects international flight to South Korea. South Korea has always been known as world’s biggest ginseng producing country, but recently South Korea is getting more popular because of K-pop, korean celebrities and dramas. Thus, korean fever is born and is often refered by korean people as hallyu (hangeul romanization: han-ryu). With the hot trending hallyu wave (also known as Korean Wave), people from all around the world are attracted to south korea tourism. Eyeing the good opportunity to attract more foreign tourists, Korean government has several programs including Visit Korea year in 2012. Because of the increasing number of tourists who travel to south korea, business in South Korea is getting busier, and they include food and restaurant, accomodation and lodging, and also tour package.

Location of Incheon Airport

Incheon airport is located approximately 48 km west of Seoul metropolitan city, west of the center of Incheon city. It is built over artificial land between yeongjong and yongyu islands that was separated by shallow sea and later be reclaimed and become Jung gu, Incheon administrative district. Incheon International Airport is connected to the mainland by Yeongjong bridge. The route from Incheon International Airport to the mainland until Kimpo International Airport is named Incheon International Airport Expressway. The route makes travelling from southern regions to airports easier. Connecting Incheon International Airport to the Capital city, Seoul, is Incheon International Airport Railroad. The route ends at Seoul station (in Korean: Seoul yeok), located in downtown of Seoul. The journey will take about 43 minutes to 53 minutes, respectively for non stop express train and regular train.

Incheon Airport

This airport has unbreakable record awarded by Airports Council International Airport Service Quality from 2005 until present year consecutively. It is also rated as one of the best airport in the world despite of its size, and the best airport in Asia Pasific region in 2012. The airport has many entertainment sections like casion, golf course, spa, ice skating rink, indoor gardens and museum of korean culture. It also has private sleeping rooms for travellers. Incheon International Airport also has great reputation for being the fastest custom processing airport in the world because the average departure and arrival only takes 19 minutes and 12 minutes respectively. Another famous thing from Incheon airport is the duty free shopping mall which has been rated as the best in the world for three consecutive years by business traveller. It is also known for very low baggage mishandling rate (0.0001%), concluding the great reputation of incheon airport.