PRESS RELEASE

September 13, 2024

Stargazing at Osaka International Airport!
Enjoy the constellations in the autumn night sky!
Kansai Airports is excited to announce a special stargazing night at Osaka International (Itami)
Airport on Saturday, October 12, 2024.
This event will be held together with the Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory of the Universityof Hyogo, which has the world's largest public telescope “Nayuta Telescope.” This is the first time
for the Observatory to hold the event at Itami Airport. After a classroom session with a former
airline captain on his experience with the skies during the flights, visitors can marvel at theconstellations through the telescope on the observation deck.
Kansai Airports Group is committed to offering new and exciting travel experiences through a varietyof engaging events.

Date & time: Saturday, October 12, 2024, from 5:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Details: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Aviation astronomy class at “Hoshi-no-ma (meeting room)”, 4F,
north terminal building
6:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Stargazing on the south observation deck
*In case of severe weather, the event will be cancelled, and a notice will be posted in theURL below.
*If cloud cover prevents star observation, a workshop “Let's learn about constellations
and the universe” will be held in the Hoshi-no-ma (meeting room) instead of thestargazing session.
Admission: Free
*Everyone is welcome to attend without prior application. However, please be aware that
attendance may be restricted depending on the turnout.
Organizers: Nishi-Harima Astronomical Observatory and Kansai Airports
Website: https://www.kansai-airport.or.jp/special/event/20241012.html
Note: The event may be cancelled due to facility operational reasons.
Please do not bring personally owned telescope to the event as all equipment will be prepared bythe staff.
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 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 airportoperator 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
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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 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.