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.
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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)
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