The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport ordered the Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) to postpone applying its planned overhaul of the valet parking service until February next year. It also instructed the corporation to review new alternatives again with passenger convenience as the top priority.
On the 22nd, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) said, "Postpone applying the valet parking service overhaul that the Incheon airport corporation planned to implement from January next year until February next year, and actively review alternatives that comprehensively consider passengers' expense burden and departure routes." This is a follow-up measure to the presidential office's instruction the same day to check whether the operator selection and service change process were appropriate.
The Incheon airport corporation has pushed a plan to split the Terminal 1 valet parking service into "premium" and "standard." The premium option would receive vehicles at the Terminal 1 ground parking lot. The plan was to raise the fee from 20,000 won to 40,000 won. The standard service would move the vehicle handover location to an outer parking lot near Sky Garden.
Under the airport's plan, the handover location would be about 4 kilometers farther than now. Shuttle travel time was set at about 10 minutes. The shuttle headway was presented at the 10–15 minute level.
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) expressed concern about winter peak-season disruptions. MOLIT ordered the corporation to provide valet parking services at the Terminal 1 underground parking lot in the existing manner until February next year. MOLIT said, "We will guide and supervise airport facility operations with users' convenience and safety as the top values."
Presidential Chief of Staff Kang Hoon-sik noted at a senior secretaries' meeting that day that there were criticisms the Incheon airport valet parking service would change in a "more expensive and more inconvenient" direction. The presidential office asked the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) to check in consultation with the ministry whether the operator selection and service change process were fair and transparent.