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New Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando is pictured during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 10, 2013. Ando said his firm is sounding out foreign low-cost carriers, including China's Spring Airlines and Singapore Airlines' Scoot, to launch services using Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan.

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Budget carrier Hong Kong Express to add Japan flights

OSAKA, Japan - Andrew Cowen (2nd from L), deputy chief executive officer of low-cost carrier Hong Kong Express Airways Ltd., and Keiichi Ando (R), president of New Kansai International Airport Co., take part in a cake-cutting ceremony at Kansai International Airport near Osaka on Nov. 20, 2014, to mark the first anniversary of HK Express' service connecting Hong Kong and Kansai. Cowen unveiled a plan to increase the carrier's flights linking Hong Kong and Japan by around 10 per week by next summer.

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Fedex hub in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando (2nd from L) takes part in a groundbreaking ceremony for FedEx Corp.'s North Pacific regional hub at the Kansai airport in western Japan on Jan. 17. 2013. The U.S. delivery service company plans to launch operations of the facility in the spring of 2014 as its consolidation point for shipments from China and South Korea to North America.

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Fedex hub in western Japan

OSAKA, Japan - New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando speaks during a groundbreaking ceremony for FedEx Corp.'s North Pacific regional hub at the Kansai airport in western Japan on Jan. 17. 2013. The U.S. delivery service company plans to launch operations of the facility in the spring of 2014 as its consolidation point for shipments from China and South Korea to North America.

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Kansai airport president

OSAKA, Japan - Keiichi Ando, head of New Kansai International Airport Co., speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Osaka on Dec. 20, 2012.

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Kansai airport budget airline terminal

OSAKA, Japan - Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., answers reporters' questions at Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 26, 2012. The company showed the airport's new terminal dedicated to budget airlines the same day ahead of its official launch on Oct. 28.

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Orix-led companies secure rights for west Japan airports

New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando attends a press conference at the western Japan airport on Nov. 10, 2015, announcing the company has decided to sell the rights to operate the airport and Osaka International Airport to a consortium led by Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Orix-led companies secure rights for west Japan airports

New Kansai International Airport Co. President Keiichi Ando attends a press conference at the western Japan airport on Nov. 10, 2015, announcing the company has decided to sell the rights to operate the airport and Osaka International Airport to a consortium led by Orix Corp. and Vinci Airports of France. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Terminal at Kansai airport completes large-scale renovation

Keiichi Ando (C), president and CEO of New Kansai International Airport Co., cuts the tape during a ceremony to mark the completion of a renovated terminal 1 building at the airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 31, 2015. Expanded duty free shops are ready to open at the departure area to respond to increased travelers, especially those from abroad. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China's Spring Airlines to expand services at Kansai airport

Chinese low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Co. CEO Zhang Xiuzhi (2nd from L) shakes hands with Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., during a press conference at a hotel inside Kansai International Airport in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on March 3, 2015. Spring Airlines announced a plan to increase the number of Chinese destinations from the airport from the existing six to more than 20. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kansai Int'l Airport starts tests on fuel cell forklifts

Keiichi Ando, president of New Kansai International Airport Co., fills a fuel cell-powered forklift with hydrogen during a ceremony at Kansai International Airport in Izumisano, Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, on Feb. 10, 2015, marking the launch of demonstration tests on the environmentally friendly machine. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo