{"id":173406,"date":"2025-10-02T10:36:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:36:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=173406&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-10-02T10:36:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T01:36:59","slug":"new-cargo-hub-opens-at-kitakyushu-airport","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/new-cargo-hub-opens-at-kitakyushu-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"New Cargo Hub Opens at Kitakyushu Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A new freight-forwarder facility opened at Kitakyushu Airport on October 1, offering five combined warehouse-office units to streamline customs and transport. The 1,220-square-meter \u201cKitakyushu Air Cargo Terminal\u201d will boost international trade capacity, with operator Air World aiming to expand exports of semiconductors and perishables. The airport handled <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10,435<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> tons of international cargo in FY2024, up 6% year-on-year. A runway extension in 2027 will allow direct cargo flights to Europe and the U.S. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.fukuoka.lg.jp\/press-release\/kkj-fowardersisetsu.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka Prefecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-173402\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-airport-new-cargo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C635&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"New Cargo Hub Opens at Kitakyushu Airport\" width=\"1400\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-airport-new-cargo_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-airport-new-cargo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C136&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-airport-new-cargo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C464&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/fnn_kitakyushu-airport-new-cargo_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C348&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new freight-forwarder facility opened at Kitakyushu Airport on October 1, offering five combined warehouse-office&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":173402,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-173406","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-kitakyushu","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/173406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173406"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/173402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}