Flight Schedule for International Regular Flights at Kansai International Airport (Summer Schedule for 2015)

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1 March 24, 2015 Flight Schedule for International Regular Flights at Kansai International Airport (Summer Schedule for 2015) With regard to the "2015 Summer Schedule for International Flights at Kansai International Airport (March 29, 2015 till October 24, 2015), it has been compiled as attached for your reference. New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd.

2 2015 Summertime Plan and 2014 Wintertime Results Planned Summertime Schedule for 2015 (Mar., 29, 2015 through Oct., 24, 2015) The peak time for the summertime schedule for 2015 is July, when it is expected that the airport will have 1,029 flights per week (the highest number in all of the past summers and winters), and this planned number will be over 1,000 flights per week for the first time ever to be attained since the opening of the Airport with an increase of 113 flights over the last year s summertime result of 916 flights. The breakdown will be: 882 passenger flights per week (the highest in all of the past summers and winters); 147 cargo flights per week (the third highest of the past summertime schedules). As special notes in this schedule period, first of all, "," which recently announced its intention to make Kansai International Airport its base port, will newly provide 3 to 4 flights per week for traveling to Zhengzhou, Chengdu, Quanzhou, and Xian, respectively, resulting in a total of 42 flights per week. Secondly, Xiamen Airlines will provide 3 flights per week for the Xiamen route for the first time in six years, and Air Macau will have a daily operation with an increase of 3 flights for the Macau route. Thirdly, as for North American routes, "Japan Airlines" restarted its services for the Los Angeles route on March 20 this year, and "Air Canada" is planning to have 5 flights per week for the Vancouver route from May this year. Thus, we are back on course for recovery of long-haul flights. The trend of passenger flights in this schedule period, inauguration of new flight routes and an increase in the number of flights in the existing routes for traveling to China, South Korea, and Taiwan can be seen against the background of their continued strong inbound demands. The number of flights to any of the East Asian countries has been a record high, and especially China routes have experienced remarkable growth, and 334 flights per week are scheduled to be operated with an increase of 65 flights over the summertime result of last year. As for the trend of the LCCs, because not only of " which will increase the number of flights to Japan with its base set up at Kansai International Airport, but also of Jetstar Japan which started its international service from February 28, and "Jin Air," and which newly started their flight services, the number of LCCs which provide flight services to Kansai International Airport is 14 and the cities accessed by them count 21. Also, FSCs are scheduled to operate a record high of 646 flights. Results of the Wintertime Schedule for 2014 (Oct., 26, 2014 through Mar., 28, 2015) Though the number of wintertime flights for 2014 was estimated at the planning stage in October before at flights per week at the peak time (passenger flights: 777 flights per week; cargo flights: flights per week), the actual results were flights per week (passenger flights: 802 flights per week; cargo flights: flights per week). The number of passenger flights has exceeded the originally planned number due to the new entries by LCCs and the reinforcement of the network with various districts in China against its robust inbound demand for China. Though there is seen a sign that air cargo demand has been improving, airline companies have adjusted the number of cargo flights according to fluctuating demands, resulting in the number of cargo flights underran the originally planned number. Although the number of cargo flights has been lower than the originally planned number, total number of flights has achieved a record high, having been pulled along by the increase in the number of passenger flights. 2

3 Transition in the Number of International Flights at Kansai International Airport Flights/week Summertime Schedule Total Number of Flights Passenger Flights Cargo Flights Flights/week Wintertime Schedule Total Number of Flights Passenger Flights Cargo Flights 3

4 Summertime Flight Schedule for 2015: Increase in the Number of Flights by Major Airlines at Kansai International Airport Passenger Flights: We will aim at developing the international flight network from Kansai Airport to the world, so that it continues to be convenient and easy-to-use for our customers. Increase in Service available Airline company Route Flights/week Remarks flights/week from F SC China Southern Airlines Juneyao Airlines China Eastern Airlines Eva Airways Xiamen Airlines Air Macau Air Canada Cathay Pacific Airways Guangzhou March 29 Shanghai March 29 Ningbo March 29 Taipei March 30 Xiamen March 31 Macau March 31 Vancouver May 2 Hong Kong July 1 Convenience will be increasingly enhanced with the double daily operations of the only route connecting Kansai International Airport and Guangzhou. Convenience will be increasingly improved with the double daily operations for the said company s Shanghai route. This city will be the one newly accessible from Kansai International Airport, reinforcing the network with Chinese coastal areas. Since the Taipei route as well as the Kaohsiung route has started their triple daily operations from this March, access to Taiwan will become more and more convenient. Direct flight to Xiamen from Kansai International Airport will be restarted after an idle period of 6 years. This is the only airline company that provides a direct flight service to Macau from Kansai International Airport. With its expansion into a daily operation, it will be easier for customers to set up schedules to visit Macau. Air Canada will reestablish a route connecting Kansai International Airport and Vancouver International Airport in British Columbia. Air Canada will be the only airline company which ties Kansai International Airport to Canada. This airline company will further expand the network to Hong Kong on the occasion of welcoming the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the route to Osaka this year. Chengchow March 29 Chengdu March 29 Chuanchow March 30 On March 3, 2015, announced that it would make Kansai International Airport the first overseas base, from which it will expand new routes to the 4 spots including an inland area. L CC Air Busan Jeju Air Jetstar Japan Xian March 30 Incheon March 29 Taegu March 30 Busan March 29 Busan April 3 Hong Kong July 18 This is the LCC established in Korea in 2010 with Seoul and Incheon Airports set up as its base airports for connections to East Asian countries. With the provision of new flight services taking the two routes from Kansai International Airport, it will be possible to plan a tour around the whole area by using either of them. Taegu which will restart its flight service after an out-of-service period of 15 years is the fourth largest city with a population of 2,500,000 people, from which it is easy to gain access to Gyeongju, an ancient capital, and to Andon located in the surrounding area. With additional provision of afternoon flight services in addition to the existing morning and evening flight services, convenience for traveling to Busan will be enhanced. With the start of provision of a flight service to Busan, it will be possible to plan a tour around Korea by combined use of the existing Seoul route. The number of international flights per week provided first by Jeststar Japan will be up to five flights. Itinerary patterns will be expanded, and it will be more and more convenient to travel to Hong Kong. 4

5 General View of LCCs in Kansai International Airport and the Number of Flights by Region Breakdown of International LCCs:14 companies; 21 cities Transition in the Number of International Passenger Flights Airline Company Route Flights/week Peach Aviation Seoul (Inchon) (Flights per week) (Total: 63 flights) Hong Kong Taipei Busan No. of LCC flights (Total: 42 flights) Gaoxiong Shanghai Wuhan Tianjin No. of FSC flights Proportion of LCC flights (right axis) Chongqing Tsingtao Lanzhou (via Shanghai) Chengchow Chengdu Chuanchow Xian Jetstar Japan Hong Kong Jetstar Asia Airways Singapore (via Taipei) Singapore (via Manila) Jetstar Asia Airways Cairns Jeju Air Seoul (Gimpo) Busan Air Busan Busan Easter Jet Jin Air Daegu Hong Kong Express Airways Hong Kong Cebu Pacific Manila AirAsia X Thai AirAsia X Total Kuala Lumpur Bangkok (Don Muang) (planned) Breakdown of the No. of Flights by Region (International Passenger Flights) Flights per week Others Europe North America Other Asian Whole Asia Taiwan China Korea Results in 13 Results in Winter, 13 Results in 14 Results in Winter, 14 Results in 15 5

6 Country/Region Airline Company Number of Flight Services by Airline Company Summertime for 2014 Mar. 30 to Oct. 25 Aug., 2014 (Peak) Wintertime for 2014 Oct. 26 to Mar. 28 Mar (Peak) Wintertime for 2014 Oct. 26 to Mar. 28 Mar., 2015 (Peak) Summertime for 2015 Mar. 29 to Oct. 24 July, 2015 (Peak) Results Planned Results Planned Passenger flights Cargo flights Total Japan Japan Airlines All Nippon Airways Peach Aviation Jetstar Japan Nippon Cargo Airlines U.S.A. United Airlines Delta American Airlines JAL JAL JAL. JAL. JAL. Hawaiian Airlines Federal Express United Parcel Service Canada Air Canada 5 5 Germany Lufthansa German Airlines Netherlands KLM Royal Dutch Airlines France Air France Air Caledonia International Italy Alitalia - Italian Airline Cargolux Airlines International, Italy Finland Finnair Czech Republic Czech Airlines Korean Korean Korean Korean Turkey Turkish Airlines Egypt Egypt Air Turkish Airlines. Turkish Airlines. Emirates United Arab Emirates Etihad Airways Korean Korean Korean / Asiana Airlines Korean Turkish Airlines. Korean / Asiana Airlines Qatar Qatar Airways South Africa South African Airways ANA ANA ANA ANA ANA South Korea Korean Air Asiana Airlines Jeju Air Air Busan Eastar Jet Jin Air China Air China Air China Cargo China Eastern Airlines China Cargo Airlines China Southern Airlines Xiamen Airlines China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines 3 3 Shanghai Airlines Yangtze River Express China Postal Airlines Shenzhen Airlines Shandong Airlines Shanghai Juneyao Airlines Hong Kong Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Express Airways Hong Kong Airlines Air Hong Kong Macau Air Macau Taiwan EVA Air China Airlines TransAsia Airways Mongolia MIAT Mongolian Airlines 2 Philippines Philippine Airlines Cebu Pacific Vietnam Vietnam Airlines Thailand Thai Airways International Thai AirAsia X Bangkok Airways JAL JAL JAL JAL JAL Malaysia Malaysia Airlines AirAsia X Singapore Singapore Airlines Jetstar Asia Airways Indonesia Garuda Indonesia India Air India Jet Airways ANA ANA ANA. ANA. ANA. Sri Lanka Sri Lankan Airlines JAL JAL JAL Australia Qantas Jetstar Jetstar Jetstar. Jetstar. Jetstar. Jetstar Airways Virgin Australia Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines. Singapore Airlines. New Zealand Air New Zealand ANA ANA ANA. ANA. ANA. Sum Total Number of flight services per week ,029 Number of flight services per day Number of airline companies 130.9/day 65 companies 132.4/day 66 companies 134.6/day 70 companies 126.0/day 61 companies 21.0/day 16 companies 147.0/day 71 companies Number of accessible countries (regions) 25 countries 24 countries 24 countries 21 countries 18 countries 24 countries Number of accessible cities 69 cities 70 cities 72 cities 59 cities 40 cities 74 cities (Note) marks indicate the airline companies which provide flight services only to Kansai International Airport in Japan for the summertime schedule for (8 companies) *The research having been made by New Kansai International Airport Co., Ltd, the data above also includes the number of flight services under application for government approval and planned flight services before application. *Code refers to code share. 6

7 Airline Company Year-to-Year Comparison (Summertime for 2014 / Summertime for 2015) and Quarter-to-Quarter Comparison (Wintertime for 2014 / Summertime for 2015) Summertime for 2014(Results) Summertime for 2015 (Planned) Increase or decrease in the number Breakdown of Increase or Decrease in the Number of Major Flights of flights (Peak time) Wintertime for 2014 (results) Summertime for 2015 (planned) Increase or decrease in the number of flights (Peak time) Breakdown of Increase or Decrease in the Number of Major Flights Japan Airlines Los Angeles +7-7 Gimpo - 7 Gimpo - 7 Jetstar Japan +5 Hong Kong Hong Kong +2 Delta -7 Guam -7-7 Guam -7 Air Canada +5 Vancouver Vancouver +5 Air Caledonia International +1 Noumea +1 Alitalia - Italian aviation -5 Rome -5-3 Rome -3 Finnair +2 Helsinki +2 Jeju Air +14 Busan Busan +14 Air Busan +4 Busan Busan +4 Eastar Jet -2 Incheon -2 Jin Air +7 Incheon Incheon Incheon +7 Taegu +5 Taegu +5 Air China +2 Dalian / Tianjin Dalian / Tianjin +1 China Eastern Airlines +11 Qingdao / Xian Ningbo +2 Beijing (toward direct flight) +4 Qingdao / Beijing -4 Nanjing / Chengdu +4 Nanjing -2 Ningbo +2 China Southern Airlines +6 Guangzhou Guangzhou +7 Shenyang +2 Shenyang +2 Dalian -3 Harbin +1 Xiamen Airlines +3 Xiamen Xiamen Shanghai / Lanzhou Zhengzhou +4 Qingdao +3 Xian +4 Zhengzhou +4 Chengdu +3 Xian +4 Quanzhou +3 Chengdu +3 Quanzhou +3 Shanghai Juneyao Airlines +7 Shanghai Shanghai +7 Cathay Pacific +6 Hong Kong Hong Kong +5 Cargo flights -1 Cargo flights -1 Air Macau +3 Macau Macau +3 EVA Air +14 Taipei Taipei +5 Kaohsiung +7 China Airlines -5 Taipei Taipei +7 New York -3 Kaohsiung +5 Taichung -5 Cargo flights +1 MIAT Mongolian Airlines -2 Ulaanbaatar -2 Philippine Airlines +4 Cebu +4 Cebu Pacific Air -2 Manila -2 Thai AirAsia X +7 Bangkok (Don Muang) Bangkok (Don Muang) +2 AirAsia X -2 Kuala Lumpur -2-2 Kuala Lumpur -2 Jetstar Asia Airways +1 Taipei / Singapore +1 Garuda Indonesia -1 Jakarta -1-1 Jakarta -1 Jetstar Airways +2 Cairns +2 All Nippon Airways +1 Cargo flights Cargo flights -1.5 Nippon Cargo Airlines +1 Cargo flights +1 United Parcel Service +2 Cargo flights +2 Cargolux Italy +1 Cargo flights +1 Air China Cargo +2 Cargo flights Cargo flights +3 China Cargo Airlines +2 Cargo flights Cargo flights +3 Total , ,029 7