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Aug 9, 2012 Local News
Multiple Taxiways to be Added to Fukuoka Airport by 2019
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport will begin a project this year to increase the taxiways for domestic flights at Fukuoka Airport as a way to reduce the congestio...
Aug 9, 2012 Local News
JR Kyushu Assumes Primary Responsibility for Gauge Change Train Development
JR Kyushu has been given the primary responsibility in the project to develop a gauge change train, i.e., a train with variable gauge axles, which will be used on the western leg o...
Aug 9, 2012 Local News
ANA Uses Fuselages to Encourage Aso
All Nippon Airways announced it would paint the name of the city of Aso, Kumamoto Prefecture, and pictures of the gentian, the city flower, on the fuselages of their domestic passe...
Aug 2, 2012 Local News
Air Asia Japan Considering Kitakyushu
The Low Cost Carrier, Air Asia Japan, has announced it is considering Kitakyushu Airport as a new destination. Air Asia Japan began servicing 7 domestic destinations, including Fuk...
Aug 2, 2012 Local News
Interest in LCC use above 70%
A survey conducted by the Fukuoka City-based Fukuoka Financial Group found that more than 70% of regional respondents said they would like to fly on low cost carriers if they had t...
Jul 20, 2012 Local News
Discount for Foreign Tourists
From Aug 1, Amu Plaza in JR Hakata City, is targeting foreign tourists to boost sales. These visitors will receive a discount of 5% off purchases in almost all stores and given sho...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Overseas Entries through Kyushu Set Record in April
The Kyushu Transport Bureau reported that the number of foreigners entering Japan through the seven Kyushu prefectures in April totaled 98,939 people, 3.8 times the year-before per...
Jul 19, 2012 Local News
Starflyer Launches Kitakyushu-Busan Flight
Kitakyushu-based Starflyer Airlines began operating a daily roundtrip flight between Kitakyushu and Busan, South Korea. It is their first regular international route, and the first...
Jul 5, 2012 Local News
Construction of Shinkansen between Isahaya and Nagasaki Authorized
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport authorized the start of construction on three sections of the Kyushu Shinkansen between Isahaya and Nagasaki City. The distance ...
Jul 5, 2012 Local News
Foreign Visitors to Kyushu on Record-Setting Pace
The number of foreigners who enter Japan through Kyushu is on a pace to break the record set in 2010, when 1.001 million people came. The numbers were down 27% last year as a resul...
