The International Transport Forum under the OECD has selected Incheon International Airport as one of the best private companies for effectively responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. Pictured here are arriving passengers on Oct. 22 getting tested for the coronavirus at the airport. (Yonhap News)

By Xu Aiying and Lee Hana

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has named Incheon International Airport and Kakao Mobility to its list of private companies with the best responses to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Transport Forum (ITF) under the OECD released in September the publication "Private Sector Companies in the Fight against Covid-19," hailing businesses showing "strong leadership in rising to the current challenge and responding to the needs of people in their communities."

Companies such as Airbus, Alstom, Bird, ExxonMobil, Michelin and Uber also made the list. 

"Under the vision and strategy of Incheon International Airport, the Smart Airport Group leads the introduction, development, and operation of innovated processes and services, and ICT-related projects," the ITF said.

Calling the Incheon airport "COVID-19 free," the forum added that "starting from March 9 2020, the airport set up a 3-step body temperature checkpoint procedure (from check-in to boarding) to measure the body temperature of passengers before their departure from Incheon Airport."

On Kakao Mobility, the ITF said, "Kakao Map and Kakao Navi have geared up to provide the location of screening clinics and drive-thru clinics for citizens."

"Kakao opened a service to check the venue of the public mask retail shops and real-time stock information of the masks on its Kakao Map. The service is connected to Kakao Navi (run by Kakao Mobility), so that customers could navigate the route and visit there easily."

The International Transport Forum (ITF) hailed Kakao Mobility for providing the locations of screening and drive-thru clinics during the pandemic through apps. (Screenshot of ITF report)