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KANSAI AIRPORT

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 13, 2019
Kansai Airport looks to boost annual international passengers to 40 million
Kansai International Airport is aiming to increase its number of passengers on international flights each year by about 70 percent, to 40 million in spring 2025 or later, the operator of the airport said Thursday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 27, 2019
Officials probe cracks found under Osaka trains that could have led to 'serious incident'
Transportation authorities found a 10-centimeter crack on the undercarriage of a train car belonging to Osaka-based Nankai Electric Railway Co. on Tuesday, following the discovery of a similar 14-cm crack on the undercarriage of a train of the same model on Saturday.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 5, 2018
Number of foreign visitors to recovering Kansai International Airport returning to last year's levels
The number of foreign visitors to Kansai International Airport are now returning to levels seen last year, one month after a powerful typhoon caused the major hub to shut down.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 21, 2018
Kansai airport bounces back from typhoon but Kobe, Itami likely to help out anyway
Passengers were happy that the main international gateway to western Japan was all but back to normal more quickly than expected.
Japan Times
LIFE / Language / MORNING ENGLISH
Sep 17, 2018
Let's discuss damage to Kansai airport
After Kansai International Airport was flooded by a typhoon, the central government and the region proposes temporarily routing some flights to other Kansai airports.
Japan Times
JAPAN / View from Osaka
Sep 15, 2018
Does Kansai need three international airports?
Twenty-four years after Kansai airport's opening, Typhoon Jebi roared through, flooding the main runway, parts of the main terminal building and dislodging a tanker in the adjacent bay that drifted into the facility's connecting bridge.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 14, 2018
Kansai airport reopens runway 10 days after typhoon flooding
The major international hub plans to resume around 40 domestic and 80 international flight services, equivalent to around 30 percent of the airports's pre-typhoon traffic.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 7, 2018
As Kansai airport partially reopens, officials discuss temporarily routing some flights elsewhere
The central government and Kansai region officials push a proposal to temporarily route some international flights to Osaka's Itami airport and Kobe Airport following the temporary closure of Osaka International Airport.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018
Abe announces typhoon-hit Kansai airport will reopen to some domestic flights Friday
The airport remained closed Thursday after Typhoon Jebi caused flooding that damaged the main runway and tarmac, and drove a tanker into the bridge connecting the facility to the mainland.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 6, 2018
Typhoon Jebi highlights vulnerability of offshore Kansai airport
The typhoon that crippled Kansai International Airport and left thousands of passengers stranded at the facility has exposed the vulnerability of airports built offshore, while also highlighting the challenges facing airport operators in delivering the kind of information the public needs during emergencies.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
Kansai counts the cost of Typhoon Jebi
Osaka and the Kansai region spent Wednesday cleaning up after Typhoon Jebi roared through the area Tuesday, causing widespread damage.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 5, 2018
Accounts of those who were left stranded by Typhoon Jebi in Japan
Typhoon Jebi tore through western Japan on Tuesday, leaving residents and tourists stranded throughout the Kansai region.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Sep 5, 2018
Businesses across Kansai reeling in aftermath of powerful Typhoon Jebi
Businesses in Kansai were reeling Wednesday from the impact of a powerful typhoon that devastated the area the previous day, with disruptions hitting tourism operators, stores, theme parks and food supply chains.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 22, 2018
Low-cost carriers Peach and Vanilla to merge in 2019: ANA
Vanilla Air and Peach Aviation, two low-cost carriers owned by ANA Holdings, announced on Thursday plans to merge by the end of fiscal 2019.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Mar 14, 2015
Sinking under debt, Kansai airport privatization will be test for Abe
After building an artificial island in Osaka Bay to host a gleaming new airport, officials discovered it was sinking into the sea; plans to privatize it may do likewise.

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