PRESS RELEASE

August 2, 2024

Forecast of international passenger traffic
at Kansai International Airport for summer holidays in 2024

Kansai Airports announces today a forecast of passenger traffic for international flights, Japaneseand non-Japanese combined, at Kansai International Airport (KIX) during the coming summerholidays (forecast for 10 days from Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 18).
•International flight passengers are forecasted to be 665,300 (daily average: 66,500).
Note: Results during summer holidays in 2019 for 10 days were 748,030 with a daily average of 74,800.

•The busiest departure day is expected to be Saturday, August 10, 2024, with 39,000
departing passengers, while the busiest arrival day is forecasted to be Friday, August 9,2024, with 36,900 arriving passengers.
Note: In summer holidays in 2019, Friday, August 16 was the busiest day for departure with 47,250
passengers, and Friday, August 16 was the busiest day for arrival with 54,370 passengers.

•The daily average number of passengers is likely to be 89% compared to 2019, and the top
three destinations are expected to be South Korea, China and Southeast Asia.
International flight passengers forecast during summer holidays in 2024
Daily average
Passengers
Daily averagevs 2019
Departure

336,900

33,70088%

Arrival328,400

32,80090%

Total

665,300

66,50089%*The 2019 summer holidays were from Friday, August 9 to Sunday, August 18 for a total of 10 days
Peak departure & arrival forecast
Departure

ArrivalNo. 1

Saturday, August 10

39,000 pax

Friday, August 936,900 pax

No. 2

Sunday, August 11

38,000 pax

Sunday, August 18

36,500 pax

No. 3

Friday, August 937,800 pax

Saturday, August 10

35,600 pax

Top 3 popular destinations based on departure forecast
2024 Forecast (10-days total)

2019 Actual (10-days total)

No. 1

South Korea

86,600 pax (115%)

China

114,490 pax

No. 2

China

84,800 pax (74%)

South Korea

75,290 pax

No. 3

Southeast Asia

52,000 pax (82%)

Southeast Asia

63,680 pax

Note: The figures of 2019 summer holidays are taken from the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau.
Figures in the above table show the total number of Japanese and non-Japanese passengers.
Figures in the parentheses represent the average daily change from the 2019 summer holidays period.

Contact:
Group Corporate Communications Department
Kansai Airports
pr@kansai-airports.co.jp

Kansai Airports was established by a consortium made up of VINCI Airports and ORIX Corporation as its coremembers. Kansai Airports took over the operations of Kansai International Airport (“KIX”) and OsakaInternational Airport (“ITAMI”) from New Kansai International Airport Company (“NKIAC”) and has been
operating the two airports since April 1, 2016.
Kansai Airports Kobe, Kansai Airports’ wholly-owned subsidiary, took over the operations of Kobe Airport(“KOBE”) from Kobe City and started its business as an operating company on April 1, 2018.
Under the concept of “One Kansai Airports Group”, Kansai Airports group strives to continuously improve its
services for all airport guests through appropriate investments and efficient operations, with safety and security
being the top priority. Kansai Airports group aims to maximize the potential of the three airports, for the benefitof the communities they serve.
For more information, please visit：http://www.kansai-airports.co.jp/en/

Kansai Airports
Location

1-banchi, Senshu-kuko kita, Izumisanoshi, Osaka

Shareholders

ORIX 40%,VINCI Airports 40%,
Other investors 20%1

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO:Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kansai International Airport and Osaka
International Airport

Kansai Airports Kobe
Location

1-ban, Kobe-kuko, Chuo-ku, Kobe-shi,
Hyogo

Shareholder

Company
Representatives

Representative Director and CEO: Yoshiyuki Yamaya
Representative Director and Co-CEO: Benoit Rulleau

Business Scope

Operation and management services, etc. of Kobe Airport

Kansai Airports 100％

Established in 1964, ORIX Group has grown into a diverse corporate group active worldwide in financing andinvestment, life insurance, banking, asset management, real estate, concession, environment and energy,automobile-related services, industrial/ICT equipment, ships, and aircraft. ORIX operates in around 30 countries
and regions with approximately 35,000 people. Its Purpose, “Finding Paths. Making Impacts.” which defines
why ORIX exists in our world. With this Purpose, ORIX will unite globally to help our world develop in a betterway.
For more details, please visit our website: https://www.orix.co.jp/grp/en/

The world’s leading private airport operator, VINCI Airports operates more than 70 airports in 13 countries.
Thanks to its expertise as a global integrator, VINCI Airports develops, finances, builds and manages airports byproviding its investment capacity and its know-how in optimizing operational performance, modernizing
infrastructure and managing their operations and environmental transition. VINCI Airports is the first airport
operator to have committed to an international environmental strategy in 2016, to achieve the goal of net zero
emissions across its entire network by 2050.
For more details, please visit our website: www.vinci-airports.com
1ASICS Corporation; Iwatani Corporation; Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.; Obayashi Corporation; OMRON Corporation; The Kansai Electric Power Company, Incorporated; KintetsuGroup Holding Co., Ltd.; Keihan Holdings Co., Ltd.; Suntory Holdings Limited; JTB Corp.; Sekisui House, Ltd.; Daikin Industries, Ltd.; Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.;Takenaka Corporation; Nankai Electric Railway Co., Ltd.; NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE WEST CORPORATION; Panasonic Holdings Corporation; Hankyu Hanshin
Holdings, Inc.; Rengo Co., Ltd.; The Senshu Ikeda Bank, Ltd.; Kiyo Holdings, Inc.; The Bank of Kyoto, Ltd.; THE SHIGA BANK，LTD.; The Nanto Bank, Ltd.; Nippon Life
Insurance Company; Mizuho Bank, Ltd.; Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited; MUFG Bank, Ltd.; Resona Bank, Limited; and the Private Finance Initiative Promotion
Corporation of Japan.

(Appendix)

International Passengers Forecast
2024 Summer holidays forecast (10 days)
Departure
9-Aug.

Arrival（Ref）2019 Summer holidays Actual (10 days)

Total

DepartureFri.

③37,800 ①

36,900 ①

74,7009-Aug.

10-Aug.

Sat.

①39,000 ③35,600 ②

74,60010-Aug.

Sat.

11-Aug.

Sun.

②38,00031,00069,00011-Aug.

Sun.

12-Aug.

Mon.

34,00030,60064,60012-Aug.

Mon.

13-Aug.

Tue.

32,20030,10062,300

13-Aug.

Tue.

14-Aug.

Wed.

31,20033,40064,60014-Aug.

Wed.

15-Aug.

Thu.

29,30029,60058,90015-Aug.

Thu.

16-Aug.

Fri.

31,10030,80061,90016-Aug.

Fri.

17-Aug.

Sat.

31,60033,90065,50017-Aug.

18-Aug.

Sun.

32,700 ②

36,500 ③

69,20018-Aug.

Total

336,900

328,400

665,300

Average

33,70032,80066,500①＝No.1 peak ②＝No.2 peak ③＝No.3 peak

ArrivalTotal

37,46032,26069,720③

41,57033,53075,100②

45,68035,110 ③

80,79040,46035,96076,42039,32034,04073,36039,33039,02078,35015,12014,450

29,57047,250 ①

54,370 ① 101,620

Sat.

40,220 ②

43,830 ②

84,050Sun.

38,110 ③

40,94079,050

Total

384,520

363,510748,030

Average

38,45036,35074,800Fri.

①The figures of 2019 figures are from the Osaka Regional Immigration Bureau.

Daily Departure PAX Forecast(thousand pax）

40

③

①②38

39

38

35
30

25

34

32

20

31

29

3132

33

15

Daily Arrival PAX Forecast（thousand pax）

40

①③37

36

②35

30
25
20
15

31

3130

3330

313437