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(1)Nation-saving view
(2)Jung Chang-soo’s column
(3)Yangyang Airport and Burial Costs
(4)Everyone, everyone
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(6)Because of the nature of the lecture, I fly a lot Last year alone, I flew more than 100 one-way flights I usually go to Jeju Island, but I sometimes use Busan, Yeosu, and Ulsan Airport
(7)There are 14 airports operated under the Korea Airports Corporation in Korea Among them, Gimpo Gimhae Jeju Airport has a surplus, but 11 places, including Daegu Cheongju Muju Anyang Ulsan Yeosu Yeosu Cheonpo Port Gun Sanju Gwangju Airport, are difficult to operate The previous three surpluses will make up for the rest of the airport’s losses
(8)For your information, there are 26 military airports except for 4 U.S. troops in Korea There are five airports under construction or construction, including Ulleung Airport and Heuksando Airport, and four airports under construction, including Seosan Gadeokdo Island Samcheok Airport is closed, and Gimje Airport is canceled
(9)The whole country is full of airports There are four private airports that are not included in this There’s already an airport owned by Korean Air in Jeju Island called Jeongseok Airport Including this, there could be 71 airports
(10)The problem is that airports that are difficult to operate have no customers, so flights are released, so the vicious cycle of customers is repeated again There was a time when I couldn’t go to a lecture because my plane suddenly disappeared
(11)Yangyang Airport is facing a crisis Fly Gangwon, located at Yangyang Airport, is in the process of suspending flights and reviving companies Yangyang Airport opened in April 2002, but it was barely operational Especially in 2008, there was no flight for nine months Gangwon-do and Yangyang-gun will spend 16.5 billion won from 2019 to save the airport With this amount of won, the highest number of people used it at 380,000 last year, but it is difficult to operate with this amount This performance is due to the fact that airlines have been given various benefits using taxes It’s an airport maintained by taxes
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(1)But should the airport be maintained to the local people
(2)I’m sorry, but it’s hard to find the meaning of existence at an airport that even locals don’t use The reason why airports are difficult is that there are many alternatives to airplanes The Yangyang Expressway has been opened and KTX to Gangneung is also in service You can go to the east coast in an hour, but there’s no reason to go to Gimpo Airport to use it The same goes for foreign tourists Not long ago, I used an express bus because KTX tickets were sold out to go to Sokcho and Gangneung, but there were few empty seats even though it was operated every 5 minutes due to crowded customers on weekends
(3)We need to look at these issues in a comprehensive way, beyond the partition We have to think about the entire transportation system, but companies and municipalities that want to push ahead with the construction argue the feasibility with rosy prospects and win the project under political pressure
(4)Second, the local population needs to take a realistic view now They argue that Seosan Airport and Saemangeum Airport are also necessary because they are not in our region But transportation is the purpose, and airports are the means We’d rather look for realistic alternatives, like using high-speed rail
(5)Third, we have to give up the sunk cost Burial costs, in short, are the money that’s been spent so far I can’t give up because it’s a waste of money. I keep pouring in taxes
(6)I recently heard from experts in city planning When you do a development project, you succeed in the development project based on the premise of operation Yeongdeungpo Times Square is a representative example of a place that was built Some point out that most of our innovative cities failed because they decided to select locations politically, but because they were built in a quiet suburban area where only LH and other development agencies developed it Even if the original city center costs more, if it had been developed, it could have been an opportunity for the region to come to life In fact, after the establishment of an innovative city, the old city has been devastated by the relocation of the new city from the old city
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(1)Similarly, where an airport is required, the airport is operational
(2)I think we need to build something This is not the underdeveloped era of the ’60s, it’s not giving the airport the image of being a modern area with the meaning of economic investment, and I think the 71 airport numbers should be an opportunity to think seriously
(3)Should there be airports everywhere? I’m worried about the situation of building an airport in a place where 2,000 people live in 1/30 of Seoul and pushing for an airport in Pocheon, just before the truce line
(4)Chung Chang-soo, director of the National Institute for Saving the Nation
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