Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/
June 2009
Kansai International Airport Ranked  6th  Best Airport in World Airport Ranking !
Rated in Top 10 Airports for 6 Straight Years
Kansai International Airport (KIX) was ranked the world's 6th best airport in 2009 World Airport Awards as a result of a survey conducted by the authoritative UK-based research organization "Skytrax". In the category of "Cleanest Airport Washrooms" KIX was actually ranked No.1 in the world. This survey result, covering 196 airports worldwide, is based on votes cast by more than 8.6 million passengers from over 95 nationalities over a 10-month period. KIX has maintained its position from a year earlier and has been ranked among the world's top 10 airports in this survey for six consecutive years (*). We, all the staff of KIX, are determined to continue making our utmost effort to provide airport customers with greater satisfaction. *: Ranked 9th for 2004, 5th for 2005, 4th for 2006, 9th for 2007, and 6th for 2008
Operational Data of Kansai International Airport (Jun. 2009)
(Note) 1. * These data are provisional or estimate. 2. "Others" includes ferry flights, technical landing flights, private flights, special flights, etc. 3. The Number of international passengers is calculated using figures reported by the KIX District Immigration Office of the Osaka Immigration Bureau.
Kansai District is Fine !
KIX Invites Taiwanese Media
In order to prevent the spread of influenza A (H1N1) infection in Japan, various measures were taken. Although most domestic patients only had mild symptoms and recovered completely, Kansai District suffered a sharp drop in the number of visitors as most of the cases reported in Japan were in this area. To try and reassure people, Hyogo Prefecture, Kobe City, and Kyoto Prefecture have each in turn declared their region safe and in line with this, KIX invited the Taiwanese media to cover Kansai tourism as one of the measures to increase the number of visitors. This was done by the association responsible for promoting Kansai International airport in cooperation with various organizations that work to promote the region Taiwanese media spent 3 enjoyable days covering hot shopping areas and sightseeing spots in Kansai District as well as visiting shops and restaurants popular with foreigners in KIX.