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ARTICLE VIEW: | |
This airport says it hasn’t lost a single piece of baggage in 30 | |
years | |
By Lilit Marcus, CNN | |
Updated: | |
11:20 PM EDT, Tue April 30, 2024 | |
Source: CNN | |
While Singapore and Doha’s airports compete against each other for | |
the title of “,” another aviation hub is focusing on a different | |
achievement. Japan’s Kansai International Airport (KIX) is marking 30 | |
years without losing a single piece of luggage. | |
In a press statement, Japan’s seventh busiest airport said that it | |
had not lost any passenger bags since opening in September 1994. The | |
airport averages 20-30 million passengers per year. | |
While airline passengers are probably happy to know their luggage will | |
arrive at their destination with them, there’s one group of people | |
who aren’t making a big deal out of the achievement: airport staff. | |
“We don’t feel like we have been doing something special,” Kenji | |
Takanishi, a public relations officer for Kansai, told CNN. | |
“We have been working as we normally do. We only do our work on a | |
daily basis and we are recognized for it. We are certainly happy to | |
receive the award. I think our staff, especially those working on the | |
ground, feel more pleased.” | |
Skytrax, a UK-based aviation ranking and rating website, recognized | |
Kansai as having in awards given out in April. | |
It’s worth noting that according to the airport, their baggage | |
handlers and ground staff have never lost a bag. But if one did get | |
lost on the way to or from KIX, it could be the fault of the individual | |
airline, not the airport itself. | |
Kansai, built on an artificial island in Osaka Bay, serves the Osaka, | |
Kyoto and Kobe regions. For 2024, Kansai was ranked the 18th best | |
airport in the world overall, behind its neighbors in Tokyo, Narita | |
(fifth place) and Haneda (fourth). | |
Timely baggage arrival is just one of the factors looked at when naming | |
a “world’s best” airport. Food and drink offerings, percentage of | |
on-time arrivals and departures, and cleanliness are also considered. | |
Currently, Kansai is going through upgrading efforts to get ready for | |
Expo 2025 (formerly known as the World’s Fair), which will take place | |
in Osaka. | |
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