Narita Airport History

Narita Airport History - Including political, naming dates, famous arrests and other interesting Narita Airport History Narita also had other problems. Arguments over slots and landing fees have plagued the busy airport. Because so many airlines want to use it, the Japanese aviation authorities have limited the number of flights each airline can operate from this airport, making the airport expensive for both airlines and their passengers. Narita International airport Narita International Airport Tokyo by WhisperToMe Recently, Tokyo International Airport was allowed to have other international flights within Asia, as well as to Hawaii, in an attempt to alleviate Narita’s capacity problems. There has been some discussion about exchanging roles between Narita airport and Haneda to accommodate Tokyo residents as Narita is in Chiba prefecture and a typical train ride from even the eastern parts of Tokyo on an express train takes roughly 1 hour. In May 2001, Kim Jong-nam, the son of North Korean President Kim Jong-il, was arrested at New Tokyo International Airport for travelling with a forged passport, and was deported to the People’s Republic of China. On 1 April 2004, New Tokyo International Airport was officially renamed Narita International Airport, reflecting its popular designation since the 1970s. On 13 July 2004, Bobby Fischer was detained at Narita Airport for allegedly using an invalid U.S. passport while trying to board a Japan Airlines flight to Ninoy Aquino International Airport outside Manila; he left Japan a year later after obtaining asylum in Iceland. (Article based on Wikitravel article by Wikitravel users Jpatokal. Based on work by Paul N. Richter and Andrew Bennetts and Anonymous user(s) of Wikitravel. . Article used under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0.) (Article section from “Narita Airport construction” based on Wikipedia article and used under the GNU Free Documentation License) |