PRESS RELEASE

May 24, 2024

Bus service available now connecting
Kobe Airport – Kobe Bay Sheraton – Universal Studio Japan
Kansai Airports Kobe is delighted to announce that the limousine bus service connecting Kobe Airport,
Kobe Bay Sheraton Hotel & Towers and Universal Studio Japan (USJ) started on May 24, 2024, under
the operation by Kobe Minato Kanko.
This service offers direct bus access from Kobe Airport to Kobe Bay Sheraton on Rokko Island andUniversal Studio Japan (USJ), significantly improving the mobility of visitors to Kobe and USJ. KAP
Kobe expects this better access from the airport will bring further passenger traffic to Kobe Airport.
Kansai Airports Group will continue to further expand the access network to and from the airport for
more convenient, comfortable and delightful travel experience.

Overview
Service start date: Friday, May 24, 2024
Destinations and frequency: Kobe Airport -> Kobe Bay Sheraton –> USJ, 11 trips/day
USJ -> Kobe Bay Sheraton –> Kobe Airport, 8 trips/day
Kobe Bay Sheraton –> Kobe Airport, 14 trips/day
Kobe Airport

8:40

10:00

11:10

12:15

14:30

15:30

16:45

17:55

19:00

20:10

20:30

9:10

10:30

11:40

12:45

15:00

16:00

17:15

18:25

19:25

20:3520:55

9:35

10:55

12:05

13:10

15:25

16:25

17:40

18:50

19:50

21:00

21:20

13:15

14:15

15:30

16:30

17:45

18:55

19:15

19:55

⇩Kobe Bay Sheraton⇩Universal Studio Japan
Universal Studio Japan⇩
Kobe Bay Sheraton

6:00

6:55

7:50

9:10

10:20

11:25

13:40

14:40

15:55

16:55

18:10

19:20

19:40

20:20

6:25

7:20

8:20

9:40

10:50

11:55

14:10

15:10

16:25

17:25

18:40

19:50

20:10

20:50

⇩Kobe Airport

Fare (one-way, adult/child):

Kobe Airport -> USJ
Kobe Airport -> Kobe Bay Sheraton
Kobe Bay Sheraton -> USJ*Further details available here.
Bus type: Large limousine bus with the capacity of 41 passengers

900 yen / 450 yen
500 yen / 250 yen
700 yen / 350 yen

Operator: Kobe Minato Kanko (Tel: +81-78-845-3710)

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 Osaka
International 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 YamayaRepresentative 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 zeroemissions across its entire network by 2050.
For more details, please visit our website: www.vinci-airports.com
1

ASICS 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 HanshinHoldings, 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.