Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co., Ltd (Nishitetsu) have expressed the desire to attract an international luxury hotel to the area around Fukuoka Airport. The company is part of a consortium of businesses that is currently in negotiations to purchase the right to manage the airport facility. Nishitetsu is also reportedly considering to add a bus link between the international and domestic terminal that will take only five minutes. Further into the future, they want to use self-driving buses there too. Source: Yomiuri Shimbun, 5/18/2018
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