KIX, ITAMI, KOBE March 2022 Traffic Report

International passenger traffic remained limited due to the prolonged impact of COVID19 although the number of arrivals into Japan is on an upward trend with the relaxed border restrictions since March 1. Meanwhile, both domestic flight and passenger numbers for the three airports increased from the previous month since COVID-19 quasi-emergency measures were fully lifted and passenger traffic tends to increase in March toward the start of a new fiscal year. International cargo traffic remained strong, with aircraft movements and cargo volumes continuously exceeding the 2021 levels.
 

KIX Aircraft Movement
Total aircraft movements : 6,918 (+31％ vs 2021, -60% vs 2019*1)
International aircraft movements : 3,189 (+8％ vs 2021, -76% vs 2019)
International passenger aircraft movements*2 : 648 (+28％ vs 2021, -95% vs 2019)
International freighter aircraft movements : 2,451 (+3％ vs 2021, +97% vs 2019)
Domestic aircraft movements : 3,729 (+61% vs 2021, -9% vs 2019)

*1 Shows a change from 2019 for ease of comparison with the pre-COVID-19 level
*2 Includes passenger flights which transported cargo only

KIX Passenger Traffic
Total passenger traffic : 482,448 (+92% vs 2021, -83% vs 2019)
International passenger traffic : 33,027 (+70％ vs 2021, -98.5% vs 2019)
Japanese passengers : 15,671 (+94% vs 2021, -98.1% vs 2019)
Non-Japanese passengers : 17,302 (+55％ vs 2021, -98.8% vs 2019)
Domestic passenger traffic : 449,421 (+94% vs 2021, -30% vs 2019)

KIX Cargo Volume
Total cargo volume : 75,245 tons (+6% vs 2021, +7% vs 2019)
International cargo volume : 74,700 tons (+6% vs 2021, +8% vs 2019)

ITAMI Aircraft Movement・Passenger Traffic
Domestic aircraft movements: 10,280 (+64% vs 2021, -12% vs 2019)
Domestic passenger traffic: 829,642 (+37% vs 2021, -42% vs 2019)

KOBE Aircraft Movement・Passenger Traffic
Domestic aircraft movements: 2,663 (+7% vs 2021, +7% vs 2019)
Domestic passenger traffic: 172,792 (-1% vs 2021, -40% vs 2019)

KIX, ITAMI, KOBE March 2022 Traffic Report

FY2021 passenger traffic)

Traffic Report for March 2022

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FY2021 Traffic Report (April-March)

Aircraft Movement: KIX, ITAMI, KOBE
The passenger aircraft movements have remained low since February 2020 when aviation demand started to decrease significantly due to the global COVID-19 crisis. On the other hand, the number of international freighter aircraft movements reached a record high for the fiscal year.

Total aircraft movements at the three airports were 207,381 (+28% vs 2020, -43% vs 2019), of which domestic aircraft movements were 171,382 (+31% vs 2020, -22% vs 2019).

Total international freighter aircraft movements reached a new high of 28,248*1 for the fiscal year results (＋13% vs 2020, +97% vs 2019).

*1 Previous record high: 24,948 in FY2020

Passenger Traffic: KIX, ITAMI, KOBE
Both international and domestic passenger traffic exceeded the result of the previous year which is immediately after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the traffic was below the fiscal 2019 level, impacted by border restrictions imposed by other countries in response to coronavirus variants as well as the spread of infection and the declaration of a state of emergency in Japan.

Total passenger traffic at the three airports was 12.88 million (+39% vs 2020, -73% vs 2019).
Domestic passenger traffic at the three airports was 12.61 million (+39% vs 2020, -51% vs 2019).

KIX Aircraft Movement
Total aircraft movements : 71,507（+24% vs 2020, -64% vs 2019）
International aircraft movements : 35,999（+15％ vs 2020, -75% vs 2019）
Domestic aircraft movements : 35,508（+34% vs 2020, -28% vs 2019）

KIX Passenger Traffic
Total passenger traffic : 3.63 million（+61% vs 2020, -87% vs 2019）
International passenger traffic : 0.27 million（+30％ vs 2020, -98.8% vs 2019）
Japanese passengers : 0.12 million（+69% vs 2020, -98.3% vs 2019）
Non-Japanese passengers : 0.14 million（+3％ vs 2020, -99.1% vs 2019）
Domestic passenger traffic : 3.36 million（+64% vs 2020, -50% vs 2019）

KIX Cargo Volume
Total cargo volume : 827,765 tons（+15% vs 2020, +9% vs 2019）
International cargo volume: 822,302 tons（+15% vs 2020, +11% vs 2019）

ITAMI Aircraft Movement・Passenger Traffic
Domestic aircraft movements: 105,831（+31% vs 2020, -23% vs 2019）
Domestic passenger traffic: 7.50 million（+29% vs 2020, -52% vs 2019）

KOBE Aircraft Movement・Passenger Traffic
Domestic aircraft movements: 30,043（+29% vs 2020, -8% vs 2019）
Domestic passenger traffic: 1.75 million（+44% vs 2020, -47% vs 2019）