WestJet expands Calgary–Tokyo service to daily year-round; adds Osaka and Nagoya via Japan Airlines codeshare
WestJet will extend its Calgary–Tokyo Narita route to daily year-round service starting October 27, 2025, following strong demand from both Canadian and Japanese travellers....
Kansai Airport expands ahead of Osaka 2025 Expo
VINCI Airports has completed major modernisation and expansion works at Kansai International Airport (KIX) ahead of the Osaka 2025 Expo, increasing Terminal 1’s capacity...
Kansai Airport in Osaka says it hasn’t lost a single piece of baggage in 30 years
Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, Japan, marks 30 years without a single lost bag, earning it the Skytrax award for World's Best Airport...
United Airlines Boeing 777 loses aft inner wheel on departure from San Francisco Airport
Only collateral damage when a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 (registered N226UA) lost its aft inner wheel on departure from San Francisco Airport, United States...
Qatar Airways resumes daily service to Osaka Kansai
Qatar Airways has resumed its daily non-stop flight service between Doha's Hamad International Airport (DOH) and Kansai International Airport (KIX) in Osaka, Japan, using...
Opening of the renovated terminal of Kansai International Airport (KIX), Osaka, Japan
VINCI Airports, in collaboration with Orix, inaugurated the renovated international terminal of Kansai International Airport (KIX) on December 5th. This extensive remodelling aimed to...
Japan reopens: Emirates’ flagship Airbus A380 returns to Tokyo Narita to meet demand surge
Emirates is upgrading capacity on its Narita-Dubai route with the deployment of its flagship Airbus A380 from 15 November, as Japan scraps the daily...
FedEx Express expands air network with launch of new flight between Europe and Japan
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and one of the world's largest express carriers, today announced the launch of a new intercontinental flight...
Launch of the modernisation works at Kansai international airport in Osaka
Pursuit of international development and improvement of the passenger experience
Preparation for the 2025 World Expo and support for Kansai’s future growthVINCI Airports...
SWISS operates first flight to Osaka
Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) commenced its new non-stop service between Zurich and Osaka today.The first eastbound LX 158 flight, operated with an Airbus...
Aeroflot expands Asia route offering with four flights weekly to Osaka
Aeroflot has launch ticket sales for scheduled direct flights from Moscow to Osaka, Japan’s third city, beginning 1 June 2020.The addition of a second...
Qatar Airways announces direct flights to Osaka, Japan from 6 April 2020
Qatar Airways is pleased to announce services to Osaka, Japan starting from 6 April 2020. The second largest metropolitan area of Japan, Osaka will...
SWISS to introduce new services to Osaka and Washington, D.C.
SWISS is to modify and expand its services in view of the coming delivery of two further Boeing 777-300ER aircraft which were purchased in...
Departure tax for travellers leaving Japan beginning 7 Jan 2019
Japan has introduced a departure tax for people leaving the country from 7 January 2019. The country will start collecting the tax of ¥1,000...
Emirates spreads its wings with A380 operations to ‘Sister Cities’ Hamburg and Osaka
A380 network expands East and West to reach 50 destinations worldwide
22 percent capacity increase on route to Hamburg; 38 percent on Osaka flight; enabling...
Air Canada announced enhancements to four international routes from Vancouver (from June 2019)
Air Canada announced today enhancements to four international routes from Vancouver, including increasing service to Delhi with daily flights on a year-round basis starting 2 June 2019. In addition,...
British Airways to launch four weekly flights towards Osaka-Kansai, Japan
British Airways customers are set to soak up Osaka next summer as the airline is launching direct flights to Japan’s second largest city. The...
Typhoon Jebi: Osaka Kansai Airport closed after severe floodings; tanker boat hits access bridge to the airport
Typhoon Jebi has exited Honshuu island after making downfall over Tokushima and Hyogo prefectures. Jebi has caused a rapid rise of the tide on...
Delta to add Seattle-Osaka service in partnership with Korean Air in 2019
Delta is adding nonstop service to Osaka-Kansai (KIX), Japan, starting in 2019, complementing its existing international network.“As Seattle’s global airline, Delta offers service to...
Osaka is first Singapore Airlines Boeing 787-10 destination
Singapore Airlines (SIA) announced today that Osaka will be the first scheduled destination for its new Boeing 787-10 fleet, with services expected to...