Expanding the Kansai Airport and Inbound Businesses

「The railway business reported lower revenue and profit due mainly to the decline following the previous year’s Osaka-Kansai Expo, despite the express fare revision」

「As part of our initiatives related to Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai, we promoted visitor circulation to areas along our railway lines by selling digital tickets valid for unlimited boarding and alighting on all of our lines for 1 day during the Expo period.」

「In addition to an increase in transport volumes in the transport business due to the effects of Expo 2025 Osaka-Kansai and expanding inbound demand, contributions from Meiko Bus Co., Ltd. (October 2024) and Tsutenkaku Kanko Co., Ltd. (December 2024), which became subsidiaries in the previous fiscal year, also contributed.」

「On the airport line, where the recovery in inbound passengers has been particularly strong, we strengthened airport transport by restoring the number of Rapi:t limited express services to pre-COVID levels.」

「As demand on the airport line recovered among domestic and overseas passengers, we resumed Rapi:t limited express services that had been partially suspended on weekdays last May and increased the number of Rapi:t services departing from the originating station during the morning period in February this year.」

「In the railway business, on the commercial side, we revised the Nankai Line timetable last April and improved the convenience of airport access by increasing the number of weekday morning Rapi:t limited express services. As part of measures to revitalize areas along our railway lines, we conducted promotional campaigns in Japan and overseas to stimulate passenger demand following the registration of the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun as a World Heritage site.」

「Ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the final year of this plan, we aim to reliably capture the inbound demand expected to increase further. To do so, we will implement measures to improve convenience so that travelers choose our group before departing for Japan and enhance attractive tourism offerings. We also aim to expand the population engaging with our areas through tourism initiatives that leverage the distinctive features of locations along our railway lines, including the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, whose registration as a World Heritage site has been decided.」

「Ahead of next year's Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the final year of this plan, we aim to reliably capture the inbound demand expected to increase further. To do so, we will implement measures to improve convenience so that travelers choose our group before departing for Japan and enhance attractive tourism offerings. We also aim to expand the population engaging with our areas through tourism initiatives that leverage the distinctive features of locations along our railway lines, including the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, whose registration as a World Heritage site has been decided.」

「We also worked to increase overseas awareness of our group and the areas along our railway lines and encourage visits by operating trains wrapped with promotional designs on railway lines in Taiwan and Switzerland.」

「Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the final year of this plan, we aim to reliably capture the inbound demand expected to increase further. To do so, we will implement measures to improve convenience so that travelers choose our group before departing for Japan and enhance attractive tourism offerings. We also aim to expand the population engaging with our areas through tourism initiatives that leverage the distinctive features of locations along our railway lines, including the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, whose registration as a World Cultural Heritage site was being pursued for 2019.」

「Ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, the final year of this plan, we aim to reliably capture the inbound demand expected to increase further. To do so, we will implement measures to improve convenience so that travelers choose our group before departing for Japan and enhance attractive tourism offerings. We also aim to expand the population engaging with our areas through tourism initiatives that leverage the distinctive features of locations along our railway lines, including the Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun, whose registration as a World Cultural Heritage site was being pursued for 2019.」

「To improve convenience for the growing number of inbound passengers and capture their demand, we opened a multilingual information website. We also entered into cooperation agreements with railway operators in Taiwan and Switzerland and worked to attract passengers by launching special-issue tickets and jointly promoting the attractions along our railway lines.」

「To capture steadily growing inbound demand, we will further improve access to Kansai International Airport by rail and limousine bus. We will also focus on expanding products tailored to passenger demand and strengthening direct internet sales for overseas customers, while accelerating improvements to the user environment in both physical and service-related areas, including multilingual support at stations and on trains and measures to ease onboard congestion. In addition, through cooperation with municipalities and others, we will disseminate information to attract visitors from a Kansai-wide perspective and promote visits by inbound passengers to our group's business areas, including by attracting accommodation facilities to company-owned land along our railway lines.」

「To capture steadily growing inbound demand, we will further improve access to Kansai International Airport by rail and limousine bus. We will also focus on expanding products tailored to passenger demand and strengthening direct internet sales for overseas customers, while accelerating improvements to the user environment in both physical and service-related areas, including multilingual support at stations and on trains and measures to ease onboard congestion. In addition, through cooperation with municipalities and others, we will disseminate information to attract visitors from a Kansai-wide perspective and promote visits by inbound passengers to our group's business areas, including by attracting accommodation facilities to company-owned land along our railway lines.」

「In January this year, we revised the Nankai Line timetable and increased transport capacity by adding more limited express "Rapi:t" and Airport Express services during the early morning and late-night periods, as well as increasing the number of cars in some Airport Express trainsets.」

「To capture rising inbound demand, we will focus on expanding products tailored to passenger demand, particularly for access to Kansai International Airport, and strengthening direct internet sales. We will also accelerate the development of a more comfortable user environment in both physical and service-related areas, including multilingual support at stations and on trains.」

「On an airport limousine bus route, we launched a new Koyasan route directly connecting Kansai International Airport with the World Heritage site of Mount Koya, thereby strengthening efforts to attract passengers to Mount Koya.」

「In response to the transfer on 1 April this year of the operating rights for Kansai International Airport to a private-sector operator in which we also invest, we will closely monitor changes in the airport's operations and further expand the revenue base related to the airport across our group.」

「To capture rising inbound demand, we will focus on expanding products tailored to passenger demand, particularly for access to Kansai International Airport, and strengthening direct internet sales. We will also accelerate the development of a more comfortable user environment in both physical and service-related areas, including multilingual support at stations and on trains.」