Airports near typhoon-hit Kansai airport to increase flights

Two western Japan airports are set to accommodate flights that nearby Kansai International Airport cannot cater for after the main international gateway to the region was flooded in a powerful typhoon earlier this month, local officials said Wednesday.Itami airport straddling Osaka and Hyogo prefectures and Kobe airport in Hyogo are expected to raise the number of flights they host by 40 and 30, respectively, including international flights, according to the officials.While one of the two terminals at Kansai airport was left unscathed by the typhoon, only about 20 percent of flights have re…READ FULL ARTICLE