SEOUL: South Korea plans to build a new airport for the country’s second largest city Busan as the nation’s first offshore airport at a total investment of 13.7 trillion won (372 billion baht).
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said on Tuesday that after reviewing five options for Busan’s new airport on Gadeok island, the biggest island of Busan, it finally decided to go offshore for the new international airport to avoid noise-sensitive areas, potential land subsistence and flight congestion due to proximity to nearby Gimhae and Jinhae airports, Pulse reported on Wednesday.
The plan…
