Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Incheon Airport




Dear Students,
This is the first podcast from a series of podcasts about aviation. This podcast is about one of the best airports voted by passengers around the world. The podcast and the questions that follow are prepared by our guest teacher - Dreamliner.
Listen to the podcast on the sidebar and complete the tasks below.
Glossary
You may hear these expressions as you listen. These definitions should help you.

put sb. to shame - embarrass
consecutive – one after the other
ranked – put in order
boost – improve
consolidate – strengthen
draws (vb.) – attracts
competitive edge – winning formula
automated – done by machine/computer
innovations – new technology

The first time you listen, try to answer these questions:

1. Which city does Incheon serve?

2. For how many years now has Incheon been voted the best airport in the world?

3. How many passengers transit through Incheon each year?

The second time you listen:

4. What are the main reasons that Incheon is rated so highly?

5. How is luggage handling at Incheon different from Narita and Pudong airports?

Research:

6. Find out which cities Narita and Pudong serve.

7. Find out Incheon’s IATA code. What is Doha’s?

8. Log on to Skytrax’s site (http://www.airlinequality.com/) and go to Airport Reviews. Incheon is listed under “S”. Can you find it? Read passengers’ comments and make a note of some of the things they like about the airport.

9. Which two other airports receive a 5-star rating from Skytrax? Where are they?

Post your comments,

RV

11 comments:

  1. 1) South Africa
    2) 5 years
    3)5000000
    4)business
    5)Automatic

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  2. 1) South Africa
    2) 5 years
    3)5000000
    4)business
    5)Automatic

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  3. 1) near Soul capital of south koria

    2) 5 years

    3) 5000000

    4) because it has a fastest passport check in the world

    5) because the handling over is automatic

    6)-narita- serve Greater to kyo area of Japan
    -Pudong-serve Shanghai in china

    7)QR

    9) 1- Singapore Changi airport

    2- Hong Kong international airport

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  4. 1.Seoul,in South Korea.

    2.Five yaers.

    3.more than five million.

    4.because it takes short time to check the passport uses.

    5.the system had to be operated automaticlly.

    6.Narita serve Japan , Pudong serve Shanghai .

    7.DOH.

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  5. 6)-narita- serve Greater to kyo area of Japan
    -Pudong-serve Shanghai in china

    7)QR

    9) 1- Singapore Changi airport

    2- Hong Kong international airport

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  6. Hello...
    Answers for the questions:
    1. Which city does Incheon serve?
    South Korea.
    2. For how many years now has Incheon been voted the best airport in the world?
    5 years.
    3. How many passengers transit through Incheon each year?
    More than 5000,000 passengers a year.
    4. What are the main reasons that Incheon is rated so highly?
    1. It is the fastest in the world. For instance, it takes 15min 14sec for passport checking and 12min 43sec for departure.
    2. They improve their services by using the latest hi-tech innovations, visa processing, and customs processing.
    3. Link for hotels and major cities.
    5. How is luggage handling at Incheon different from Narita and Pudong airports?
    At Incheon, passengers collect their luggage in a short amount of time. However, at Narita and Pudong airports, people have to collect their luggage and hand them over to their connecting flights.
    6. Find out which cities Narita and Pudong serve.
    Narita: Tokyo - Japan
    Pudong: Shanghai - China

    7. Find out Incheon’s IATA code. What is Doha’s?
    Incheon: ICN
    Doha: DOH
    8. Log on to Skytrax’s site (http://www.airlinequality.com/) and go to Airport Reviews. Incheon is listed under “S”. Can you find it? Read passengers’ comments and make a note of some of the things they like about the airport.
    In general, many passengers like the facilities of the airport such as toilets because there are many of them and they are clean and free duty shops because they are cheap. Also, they comment about people and freight processing which takes short time
    9. Which two other airports receive a 5-star rating from Skytrax? Where are they?
    Hong Kong International airport in Chek Lap Kok
    Singapore Changi Airport in Changi, East Region.

    Thank you....

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  7. 6)narita serve Greater to kyo area of Japan
    -Pudong-serve Shanghai in china

    7)QR

    9) 1- Singapore Changi airport

    2- Hong Kong international airport

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  9. 1- South Korea.

    2- 5 years.

    3- 5 million.

    4- Because they have substantial number of passengers that reach 5 million and they are recorded with a big company for transportation all over the world also because their process does not take along time.

    5- Automatic.

    6- Narita, Tokyo, Japan /Pudong, Shanghai, china.

    7- ICN, DOH.

    8- They like the Airport because it’s clean, modern, easy process, natural light, Airy, spacious and the garden that is inside the airport, in addition they like the duty free shops and the facilities such as relaxation chairs and the free computers with internet access.

    9- Hong Kong International, Singapore Changi Airport.

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  10. 1. South Koria
    2. five year
    3. five million
    4. facilities
    5. Automatic system

    6. Narita airport serving the Greater Tokyo Area of Japan and Pudong serving Shanghai of the people's Republic of China

    7. ICN Incheon International Airport
    DOH

    8.
    - connecting passengers and moving them along quickli
    -the signs are very clearly appointed in both English and Korean
    - shower Rooms with individual bathrooms free of charge
    - with the state of Art facilities and dome shaped. included Botanical Garden
    - the terminal is surgically clean and has an excellent selection of dining and shopping options.

    9. Hong Kong Intrnational, Hong Kong

    Singapore Changi Airport, Singapor

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  11. Thanks for your sharing,following is my answer.
    1.Seoul,in South Korea.
    2.Five yaers.
    3.more than five million.
    4.because it takes short time to check the passport uses.
    5.the system had to be operated automaticlly.
    6.Narita serve Japan , Pudong serve Shanghai .
    7.DOH.
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