Tashkent – AN Podrobno.uz. South Korea's Incheon International Airport Corporation will manage the new passenger terminal of Urgench airport for 19 years after reconstruction is completed. This was told to a Podrobno.uz correspondent by Incheon International Airport Corporation project manager Yoo Byung Nam.

Incheon International Airport Corporation was established in 1999. The company is engaged in the construction, management and operation of Incheon airport, as well as implements consulting projects and participates in the management of foreign airports.

Incheon began implementing international projects in 2009 with operational support for Erbil airport in Iraq. Since then, the company has secured 39 projects in 18 countries. In Uzbekistan, it previously participated in projects related to Tashkent airport, and in 2025 it was selected as the preferred participant for the project to develop and manage Urgench airport.

"The essence of management for us is service. Over 25 years we have accumulated our own know-how in the service sector," he said.

According to him, the Korean side intends to adapt this experience to Urgench in order to make airport procedures more comfortable and faster for passengers. At the same time, the scale of the two airports differs significantly, so Incheon's technologies cannot simply be fully transferred to Urgench – they will be adapted to local conditions.

Incheon's authority will primarily extend to the new terminal and related auxiliary infrastructure. Aircraft handling and maintenance will remain with the Uzbek side.

Earlier it was reported that on August 17, President Shavkat Mirziyoyev was presented with the reconstruction project for Urgench airport. After modernization, the air hub will be able to receive wide-body Boeing 747 and Airbus A350 aircraft.

Source: podrobno.uz