FURTHER GLOOM HITS KANSAI AS PASSENGER NUMBERS FALL AGAIN
August 1st, 2009
BY GAVIN BLAIR
WOES continue at Osaka's Kansai International Airport where passenger numbers fell 34% for the first half of 2009, to an average of 28,600-a-day, hit by the recession and influenza worries, the airport announced July 29.
Already mired in debt and saddled with the highest landing fees in the world, Kansai is struggling to hold on to existing airlines, never mind attract new flights it needs to start breaking even. Passenger numbers peaked back in 2000, breaking the 20 million mark, but have hovered around 16.5 million in recent years.
In July, a ...
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