Press Release
Vladivostok International Airport, JSC
Nanki-Shirahama Airport, Inc.
November 28th, 2018
Vladivostok International Airport and Nanki-Shirahama Airport
signed MoU for strategic cooperation on the route development
between Vladivostok and Nanki-Shirahama

Vladivostok International Airport, JSC (41, Vladimira Saibelya street, Artem,Primorskij Krai, 692756, Russian Federation) and Nanki-Shirahama Airport,Inc.(1622-125 Saino, Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama, 649-2334,
JAPAN) signed MoU for strategic cooperation on increasing number of flights on
the route “Vladivostok - Nanki-Shirahama” on November 19th, 2018.
Under this MoU, both airport companies will work together to achieve the successin opening the flights “Vladivostok - Nanki-Shirahama”.
Areas of Strategic Cooperation:
I. To identify the Airline Carrier available to operate the route, and to ensure
their best effort in order that the flight meets the objective of further
developing the passenger air transportation market and inbound tourism inWakayama and Vladivostok.
II. To exchange information, airport operation experience, joint marketingstrategies, airport service promotion etc. and provide exchange opportunities
for the staff to enhance the cooperation.
III. To promote the cultural communication between the two areas. With local
tourism organizations and relevant associations, both parties will make efforts
to give support to the aviation market promotion, routes development, crosscultural communication, economic and trade cooperation between
Vladivostok and Wakayama.

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Vladivostok International Airport, JSC
Vladivostok International Airport (http://vvo.aero/) is the main international
gateway to Eastern Russia region. It is No. 1 in terms of international
passenger traffic in the Far East and Eastern Siberia regions. In JanuaryOctober 2018, the airport served more than 2.2 million people. Network of theairport consists of 26 international and 22 domestic destinations. Vladivostok
International Airport is a winner of the Routes Asia-2018 Marketing Awards
in the category of "Airport under 4 million passengers". The airport’s terminal
meets all the requirements according to IATA’s C level.
Vladivostok is a city of European culture less than 3 hours away by flight frommajor cities in Northeast Asia. Vladivostok is one of Russia’s most importantseaports and base for Russian Pacific fleet. The city has a lot of various
cultural and historical attractions, such as Primorsky stage of world known
Mariinsky Theatre, the East end of the world longest Trans-Siberian Railway,
Soviet era monuments and museums. Vladivostok is famous for its PacificRussia cuisine, which combines seafood delicacies and wild plants from thetaiga forest.
Vladivostok is the capital of Primorsky region. This region is known for its richwild nature, beautiful views and crystal clear sea. There are about 500 uniquenatural places (waterfalls, mountains, caves, bays, lakes) in Primorsky region.
To visit Vladivostok, nationals of 18 foreign countries including Japan are able
to apply free electronic visa online.

Nanki-Shirahama Airport, Inc.
Naki-Shirahama Airport, Inc. (http://shirahama-airport.jp/) is the operator of

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Nanki-Shirahama Airport in Wakayama, Japan. PAX of the airport isapproximately 130,000.
Nanki-Shirahama Airport is the gateway to Kii Peninsula, which is ranked top
5 as “Best in Travel 2018” by Lonely Planet. Kii Peninsula is rich in worldclass tourist destinations, including Kumano Kodo pilgrimage routes that areworld-heritage and Michelin 3 star destination, Shirarahama beach, which isa sister-beach with Waikiki beach, Hawaii, and Koyasan that is a mountaintop
religious city with 117 temples and is also a world-heritage and Michelin 3star destination.