Almost half of new international flights at Haneda to connect Japan and the U.S.
Japan's transport ministry said Wednesday it will allocate 24 of 50 daily spots to be added for international flights at Haneda Airport in March 2020 to services connecting Japan and the United States. The 24 spots will be distributed evenly to Japanese and U.S. airlines. The ...
Driverless terminal bus goes on test run at Tokyo's Haneda airport
A minibus decorated with All Nippon Airways Co.'s signature blue and white logo motors across the tarmac at Tokyo's Haneda airport. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary bus, with a person sitting in the driver's seat — except no one is really ...
Japan set to control commercial flight routes in U.S. military airspace over Tokyo
Japan is set to agree with the United States that it will control new commercial flight routes in the U.S. military-controlled airspace near Tokyo's Haneda airport, officials said Tuesday. "We are in the final phase of negotiations with the United States," transport minister Keiichi Ishii ...
Pilot shortage prompts Air Do to cancel 34 flights in November
Air Do, a regional carrier based in Sapporo, said Tuesday that it has decided to cancel a total of 34 flights on two routes in November due to a lack of pilots. The two routes connect the New Chitose airport in Hokkaido with Haneda airport ...
Haneda's terminal arm dives into management business at Palau airport
Tokyo's Haneda airport will launch a terminal-management business at Palau airport in its first such project overseas. Haneda airport's passenger terminals have been awarded the "5-Star Airport" rating by Skytrax, a Britain-based air transport research firm, for four years in a row, earning high marks ...
Smoke in Delta cabin prompts Incheon-Atlanta flight to make emergency landing at Haneda
A Delta flight that had left Incheon, South Korea, bound for Atlanta was forced to make an emergency landing at Haneda airport in Tokyo Thursday night after smoke entered the cabin, the Tokyo Fire Department said. Delta Flight 26, which left Incheon airport at 6:30 ...
Venture brings freshest fish to cities, more money for fishermen
Ryohei Nomoto wants to put fresher sashimi on your plate, and more money in the wallets of Japan's struggling fishermen. His venture air-freights freshly caught fish from across Japan, processes them on the grounds of Tokyo's Haneda airport, and distributes the produce to the city's ...
Japan gets approval for new flight routes over Haneda airport using U.S. airspace
The government will be able to increase commercial routes in U.S.-controlled airspace over Tokyo’s Haneda airport in order to increase services ahead of the 2020 Olympics.
Haneda airport set for major renovation ahead of 2020 Olympics
Tokyo's Haneda airport will undergo a major renovation to prepare for the surge in flights expected for the 2020 Summer Olympics, officials at the transport ministry said. Terminal 2, which is used mainly for domestic flights by All Nippon Airways, will be renewed to install ...
Hitachi starts trials of EMIEW3 humanoid robot at Haneda airport
Hitachi Ltd. started trials of its EMIEW3 humanoid robot at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Friday to aid foreign visitors to Japan. During the trials through December in the airport's domestic Terminal 2, the robot will communicate with passengers in Japanese and English at a designated ...
ork Japan Airlines Co. has abandoned plans to begin flights between Haneda airport and New York this fall, sources said Wednesday. The move came as the transport ministry plans to apply rules limiting the opening of new routes by JAL, which was rehabilitated from its 2010 ...
Haneda airport set passenger record in 2015 but global ranking to slip: ministry
The surge in foreign visitors helped Haneda airport set a record for passengers handled in 2015, but its global ranking is expected to fall, transport ministry and airport data show. The airport in central Tokyo handled 75.32 million passengers last year, the most since the ...
