Airports in Haneda and Narita are quiet. Large-scale consecutive holidays are in full swing due to new corona effects May 2 11:30
On the 2nd, when the large-scale holidays began in earnest, the departure corridor at Haneda Airport was quiet due to the new coronavirus.
At Haneda Airport, airline companies have drastically reduced flights, so we have closed and consolidated half of the departure lobbies at Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 for domestic flights.
Of these, the departure lobby of Terminal 2 is crowded with many families every year, but on the 2nd day the passengers are sparse and quiet.
A man in the 60s, who was in the 60s who was on a flight to Sapporo, said, "I had been working in Tokyo since January, but since the contract expired at the end of April, I will return to my hometown. However, there are also infected people at the construction site, so I will wait at home for a while after returning home. "
Bookings for all domestic flights from the 29th of this month to the 6th of this month have fallen to 5.5% on ANA and 9.5% on Japan Airlines compared to the same period last year, and vacant seats are noticeable on many flights on the 2nd. Is that.
Ms. Emi Okamura of ANA Airport Service said, "There are very few passengers for homecoming and leisure purposes, and many people ride alone for work. At this time, I have never experienced such a quiet airport before. I was talking. "
Narita Airport is also quiet
Narita Airport is also quiet because there are few users.
At Narita Airport, the number of departures and arrivals per day exceeded 60,000 people for the first time since the opening of the port during the large holiday last year, and it was crowded with many people including families.
However, due to the spread of new coronavirus infections, suspension of flights and reduced flights centered on international flights one after another, even on the 2nd day when large-scale consecutive holidays began in earnest, there were few people heading overseas in the international departure lobby. did.
The electronic bulletin board has a number of "Cancelled" signs lined up, and in the average year, there are many airline counters that are lined up by travelers and the lights are turned off, and there are no staff, so it's quiet.
On the other hand, at the security checkpoints on domestic flights, a thermography is installed to check the body temperature according to the large holidays, and users who have a fever of 37 degrees 5 minutes or more are calling to refrain from boarding. .
According to the Narita Airport Company, the number of people who left Japan from Narita overseas between the 1st and the 25th of last month was only 1.7% of the same period last year, and the number of people leaving the country during consecutive holidays is expected to continue to decline significantly. Is that.