Korea Airport (KAC) and partner Avjet Asia expect to open their FBO at Seoul’s Gimpo International Airport next month. The Gimpo Business Aviation Center, which will be the first purpose-built FBO in South Korea, provides a passenger terminal with customs and immigration controls and a large hangar that can accommodate up to eight large jets simultaneously.

Avjet Asia will manage the FBO under an agreement made with KAC in December 2013, providing all standard ground handling services. In the future, the Seoul-based subsidiary of U.S. private aviation group Avjet might consider partnerships to expand the range of services the facility offers to include aircraft maintenance.

In addition to attracting traffic specifically operating in and out of South Korea, the new FBO will become a popular transit stop for business aviation traffic in northeast Asia, believes Avjet chairman and CEO Marc Foulkrod. Seoul is less than two hours' flying from Beijing.

Gimpo International Airport is just nine miles west of the Seoul’s downtown district. The South Korean capital’s main gateway, Incheon International Airport, is 30 miles from the city center.