Narita Airport usage fee reduction To airline support such as full exemption of domestic landing fee

Narita Airport usage fee reduction To domestic flight landing fee full exemption, etc. Airline support October 23, 5:24

In order to support airlines whose business environment is deteriorating due to the effects of the new coronavirus, Narita Airport Corporation has decided to reduce airport charges by, for example, exempting all domestic landing fees.

At Narita Airport, due to the impact of the new coronavirus, the total number of passengers on both international and domestic flights from April to the end of September was 1,358,000, the lowest ever.

Narita Airport Corporation has decided to reduce the airport charges paid by airlines as a support measure for airlines whose business environment is deteriorating due to the decrease in users.

Of these, domestic flights are fully exempt from landing fees for passenger flights.

For international flights, the landing fee will be reduced by about 30%.

These measures will continue until the number of users at Narita Airport recovers to a certain extent.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, it is the first time that airport charges have been reduced at private airports in Japan as a result of measures against the new coronavirus, and the Narita Airport Company expects a total of approximately 2 billion yen to be supported by the end of this fiscal year. is.

Akihiko Tamura, president of Narita Airport Corporation, said, "I would like to work with airlines to restore passenger flights as soon as possible."