Kansai airport to reopen runway flooded in powerful typhoon

The president of the operator of Kansai International Airport said Thursday a runway at the main international gateway to western Japan, which was flooded in a powerful typhoon earlier this month, will reopen the next day.The airport on a man-made island in Osaka Bay plans to resume 38 domestic and 98 international flights, equivalent to 34 percent of services prior to the disaster, the operator said.Yoshiyuki Yamaya, president of Kansai Airports, announced the plan at a press conference Thursday evening.As Typhoon Jebi passed through western Japan on Sept. 4, one of the airport's two runwa…READ FULL ARTICLE