Local municipalities have agreed to a plan to expand the number of landing and takeoff slots at Narita International Airport near Tokyo, Jiji Press reported.
A committee of nine municipal governments surrounding the airport was previously wary about the plan to increase the number of slots to 300,000 from 220,000 due mainly to noise fears.
But the committee reversed course out of concern that Narita, which has been a main gate to Japan, may be overshadowed by Tokyo International Airport at Haneda. |