Would you like to see Haneda airport be the main hub for the Kanto area instead of Narita?

Sunday 25th October, 03:30 AM JST

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isthistheend at 12:38 PM JST - 25th October

What a dumb question. Narita was built after a war with the native farmers over the land. That is a historical fact (check it out, its just 40 years old or less). Now that they've destroyed those farmers lives and lands do you think they're going to go back toallowing Haneda to be the main hub? Think again.
Pukey2 at 01:25 PM JST - 25th October

Dis:

If you have ever traveled domestically using Haneda on a national holiday you would know how packed that silly monorail is

I always use Keikyu. It's never that bad. But getting to Kamata with all that luggage can be hell in the morning.

GW:

narita is fine as it is! Whats done is done unless Jpn wins a massive lottery.

I agree with everything you say. After all that money spent on Narita. What I would like to see is more international flights from Haneda without ruining Narita because the latter is actually more convenient for those living in East Tokyo, Chiba and Ibaraki. BUT, they should improve the transport from the airports to the city centre AND between the two airports AND make it more affordable. I've said it before, but N'EX is a total rip-off, and the bus and train companies are all involved with each other in keeping fares up. They should make the new Skyliner next year cheap, but making sure that only passengers travelling to Narita Airport are allowed to board.
realist at 01:38 AM JST - 26th October

Definately! Haneda should become the main airport and Narita reverted back to rice fields. Its too far from Tokyo and too inconvenient. A waste of space and money - a legacy from the dinosaurs of the LDP.
NeoJamal at 07:13 AM JST - 26th October

Is it even feasible to reclaim more land from Haneda?
wawawasuremono at 09:08 AM JST - 26th October

Is it even feasible to reclaim more land from Haneda?

Screw the Tokyo Bay maritime traffic, Haneda can have an apron as big as Heartsfield-Jackson if we want MUHAHAHAHAHA
Harry_Gatto at 10:32 AM JST - 26th October

For convenience - yes, for the additional noise for us Ohta-ku residents - no.
bdaniel08 at 10:38 AM JST - 26th October

Now that they've destroyed those farmers lives and lands do you think they're going to go back to allowing Haneda to be the main hub ?

Hey isthistheend, its Japan...nothing is surprising, you know, cultural difference for instance...hahahaha

By the way im for Haneda !
noborito at 11:09 AM JST - 26th October

no brainier.
tokorobam at 12:23 PM JST - 26th October

Fix the Trains to Narita!

Having Hanada serve more International flights would be nice. But with all the investment in Narita, I think the best thing is to have frequent high-speed and low cost rail service from various places in the Tokyo region to Narita. Once you are at Narita, it's rather nice (except for Immigration which sucks). It's well run with helpful and friendly staff.

The NEX is expensive, infrequent, and only goes to limited places. There is nothing more frustrating as when it slows to a near stop at various points during its route. The Skyliner is cheaper but more limited in its service area. If you live on the West side of Tokyo or Saitama, you are screwed.
societymike at 01:26 PM JST - 26th October

Yes!

The thing is, if you try to keep Narita the "hub" for Intl. flights going through Japan, this still screws all the people who get off in Japan, they are stuck way out in Chiba. If Haneda becomes the hub, then the internationl flights going through Japan can drop off the Japan travelers closer to Tokyo and the thru-load passengers continuing on to other Asian countries will not affect anything at the airport or local roads. Actually, the vast majority of traffic going to/from Narita already passes right by Haneda, so for a part of that traffic to be routed to Haneda is really no big deal and it would relieve some traffic in Chiba area.
frontandcentre at 01:29 PM JST - 26th October

The only reason it would make sense to defend the status quo would be if there was a clear plan to build a high-capacity, dedicated high speed rail line between Narita and Haneda, ideally a maglev train that could do the journey in about 15-20 minutes terminal to terminal.

It is unbelieveably dumb for these people to be campaigning for a Tokyo - Osaka maglev when there is a much better application for such technology right here at a much lower price (though still $$$ Billions, of course).

If no such connection improved is planned, development of Haneda into a hub makes perfect sense - or, of course, the reverse approach, to kill Haneda and develop Narita for domestic flights.

The current situation is completely illogical without one of the developments above.

FnC
Proffesor at 02:17 PM JST - 26th October

I agree with you FnC 100%
Tahoochi at 06:46 PM JST - 26th October

NO, make Nagoya the hub!

But seriously, I'd like to see a summary of all the pros and cons of making Haneda the hub. My initial reaction would be 'no', because I don't know all the pros and cons!
rafraf128 at 09:59 PM JST - 26th October

i prefer narita,,,,narita,,,,narita,,,please,,,,narita.!!!!
wibble at 03:55 PM JST - 29th October

Go Haneda! With new transport links and fast shuttle between Narita and Haneda