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AIRPORT

BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2014
Hokkaido looking to sale operating rights for busy New Chitose Airport
The Hokkaido Prefectural Government is pondering a sale of the rights to operate the nation's fourth-busiest publicly run airport, sources said.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / BLACK EYE
Jun 25, 2014
The naked American at Narita airport
Leaving Narita, stripped of your African accoutrement and any other identifiers that speak to your nationality and sensibilities, you advance through an array of unfamiliar sights and sounds, just as brown and naked as the day you were born.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jun 3, 2014
New Haneda slots created a glut, JAL chief says
Japan Airlines Co. said the release of new operating slots at Tokyo's Haneda airport has created a capacity glut likely to persist for another 18 months, weighing on average fares and earnings.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Apr 4, 2014
Chubu airport retools to attract foreign tourists
Chubu Centrair International Airport in Nagoya has started various new services to cater to foreign visitors, including new bus services to the city, tourist information and announcements in Chinese and Korean.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jan 10, 2014
Mitsubishi said to weigh bid for Sendai Airport
Mitsubishi Corp., the nation's biggest trading house, may bid for the rights to operate Sendai Airport, according to two sources.
BUSINESS / Companies
Dec 12, 2013
Top pension fund urged to buy airport concessions
New Kansai International Airport Co. is seeking to attract the state-run retirement fund to a sale of two airport concessions that could raise as much as ¥1.2 trillion.
EDITORIALS
Nov 21, 2013
A bigger role for Haneda airport
Both airlines and the transport ministry should make joint efforts to enable Haneda airport to better function as a hub in the Tokyo area.
EDITORIALS
Oct 27, 2013
Soon under new management
Under a new law, Japan's central and local governments may entrust the collection of landing fees and the management of airport commercial operations to private companies.

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