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Whereas Singapore and Doha’s airports compete towards one another for the title of “world’s greatest,” one other aviation hub is specializing in a special achievement. Japan’s Kansai Worldwide Airport (KIX) is marking 30 years with out dropping a single piece of baggage.
In a press assertion, Japan’s seventh busiest airport stated that it had not misplaced any passenger luggage since opening in September 1994. The airport averages 20-30 million passengers per yr.
Whereas airline passengers are most likely comfortable to know their baggage will arrive at their vacation spot with them, there’s one group of people that aren’t making an enormous deal out of the achievement: airport employees.
“We don’t really feel like we have now been doing one thing particular,” Kenji Takanishi, a public relations officer for Kansai, informed CNN.
“We now have been working as we usually do. We solely do our work each day and we’re acknowledged for it. We’re definitely comfortable to obtain the award. I believe our employees, particularly these engaged on the bottom, really feel extra happy.”
Skytrax, a UK-based aviation rating and score web site, acknowledged Kansai as having the world’s greatest airport baggage supply in awards given out in April.
It’s price noting that in keeping with the airport, their baggage handlers and floor employees have by no means misplaced a bag. But when one did get misplaced on the best way to or from KIX, it might be the fault of the person airline, not the airport itself.
Kansai, constructed on a synthetic island in Osaka Bay, serves the Osaka, Kyoto and Kobe areas. For 2024, Kansai was ranked the 18th greatest airport on this planet general, behind its neighbors in Tokyo, Narita (fifth place) and Haneda (fourth).
Well timed baggage arrival is simply one of many components checked out when naming a “world’s greatest” airport. Food and drinks choices, share of on-time arrivals and departures, and cleanliness are additionally thought of.
Presently, Kansai goes via upgrading efforts to prepare for Expo 2025 (previously referred to as the World’s Truthful), which can happen in Osaka.
Editor’s Word: CNN’s Mai Nishiyama contributed reporting.
