Forecast of international passenger traffic at Kansai International Airport for the New Year holidays in 2023-24

Kansai Airports announces today a forecast of international passenger traffic, Japanese and nonJapanese combined, at Kansai International Airport (KIX) during the coming New Year holidays (13days from Friday, December 22, 2023, to Wednesday, January 3, 2024).

• International flight passengers are forecasted to be 809,400 (daily average: 62,300).

Note: Results during the New Year holidays in 2019-20 for 10 days were 741,800 with a daily average of 74,180.

• The busiest departure day is expected to be Friday, December 29, 2023, with 33,400 passengers, while the busiest arrival day is forecasted to be Wednesday, January 3, 2024, with 33,100 passengers.

Note: In New Year holidays in 2019-20, Saturday, December 28, 2019, was the busiest day for departure with 42,910 passengers, and Saturday, January 4, 2020, was the busiest day for arrival with 40,970 passengers.

• The daily average number of passengers is likely to be 84% compared to 2019-20, and the top three destinations are expected to be South Korea, Southeast Asia and China.