Grand Opening of KIX T1 Renovation

Kansai Airports is pleased to announce the grand opening of the Terminal 1 renovation (T1 Renovation) at Kansai International Airport (KIX) today, on March 27, 2025. 

T1 Renovation is based on the concept of redesigning Terminal 1 to expand international flight capacity and enhance the airside areas and overall passenger experience. Through this renovation, we have enhanced passenger convenience and increased our capacity by reconfiguring the layout of the international and domestic areas, expanding the security checkpoint, and enhancing the commercial area after passport control. All these improvements increased the terminal capacity to forty million international passengers (departures and arrivals combined) across the entire KIX, enabling us to accommodate future aviation demand, which is expected to grow with the Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai. Kansai Airports Group will continue to meet the growing demand for air travel and create new travel experiences.

Grand opening on March 27, 2025: the completion of main airport functions - The security checkpoints for international flights on the fourth floor of Terminal 1 were centralized and expanded. 

• The processing capacity has increased from approximately 4,500 to 6,000 people per hour. 
• The area of the security checkpoint has expanded from approximately 3,500m2 to 6,300m2. - The common lounge for international passengers opened, providing a spacious atmosphere with more effective use of the limited space. 
• KIX Lounge Premium: approximately 800m2 with 143 seats 
• KIX Lounge Kansai: approximately 2,970m2 with 658 seats - The immigration was relocated from the second floor to the third floor, improving efficiency and creating a more open space. - Arrival duty-free shops opened, along with new commercial areas on the north and south sides of the international security checkpoints.