Several foreign carriers have announced plans to start service to Tokyo Haneda Airport following the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism's (MLITT) decision last month to allocate 25 daytime slots at the downtown Tokyo airport to non-Japanese airlines in time for the Summer 2020 season.
It is recalled that as part of its decision, the ministry awarded the slots as follows:
- United States: 12;
- China: 4;
- Russia: 2;
- Australia: 2;
- India: 1;
- Italy: 1;
- Turkey: 1;
- Finland: 1;
- Scandinavia (Denmark, Sweden, and Norway): 1.
Thus far, the applicant countries have awarded the slots as follows:
- United States: Delta Air Lines (5), United Airlines (4), American Airlines (2), and Hawaiian Airlines (1);
- China: TBD;
- Russia: TBD;
- Australia: Pending confirmation, Australia’s International Air Services Commission (IASC) has provisionally decided to award one slot to each of Qantas and Virgin Australia;
- India: TBD;
- Italy: Alitalia - daily Rome Fiumicino-Tokyo Haneda to start from March 29, 2020;
- Turkey: Turkish Airlines - daily Istanbul Airport-Tokyo Haneda to start from March 30, 2020;
- Finland: Finnair - pending regulatory approval and slot allocations, it plans to move one of two daily Helsinki-Tokyo Narita frequencies to Tokyo Haneda from March 29, 2020;
- Scandinavia: TBD.
It is recalled that ANA - All Nippon Airways was awarded 13.5 slots against JAL - Japan Airlines' 11.5 slots.
