Kansai Airports

According to airport operator Vinci, capacity at Osaka Kansai's international terminal has grown from 23 million to 40 million yearly passengers.

Jetstar will become the sole carrier to connect Sydney and Osaka nonstop once the route begins.

Gulf carrier Etihad intends to open a second nonstop route connecting Abu Dhabi and Japan.

This year’s edition of the event in Chiang Mai will see the return of the Awards ceremony dedicated to recognising excellence in route development across Asia Pacific's airlines, airports and destinations.

Thai VietJet will launch its first international route from Chiang Mai in February.

Finland’s flag carrier will operate new services to destinations in Norway and Italy during the forthcoming summer season.

There will be more flights to Tokyo alongside the return of Osaka.

The carrier plans to fully resume services to the key Asian market by the 2023 second quarter.

CEO Izham Ismail wants to ‘rebuild traffic between the two nations quickly.’

Amsterdam-Boston is among the routes that could be cut if the Dutch government’s AMS plan is implemented.

SIA Group is attempting to take advantage of pent-up demand to destinations that have been largely closed.

The network additions will increase the number of destinations served in Japan to five as the East Asian country moves to loosen its stringent COVID-19 restrictions.

The carrier, turning its attention toward the transpacific, will end the long-haul domestic service in September.

The LCC also starts a new route from Hanoi to South Korea.

Service to Tokyo Haneda will resume in August, while frequencies on two other routes will also grow.

A Taipei-Singapore route will be launched in September.

The agreement comes as TAP 'looks at potential expansion opportunities' in the United Arab Emirates.

The airline had previously hoped to start long-haul international flying in July.

Five routes planned from Tokyo Haneda to destinations in Europe and the US are among the cancellations.

Thirteen destinations are being dropped from British Airways’ long-haul network, with a further three routes suspended for the upcoming summer season.

The Japanese LCC has resumed international services after a seven-month suspension.

The carrier will resume one-way flights to Tokyo later this week while exploring the possibility of reinstating service to other East Asian countries.

The Japanese LCC previously operated 10 Japan-Taiwan routes before suspending flights in March because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

More routes are returning to Delta Air Lines’ long-haul network during the upcoming winter and summer seasons, but some destinations like Mumbai and Osaka are not currently scheduled to resume.

The government is imposing strict measures for the metro Manila area.