TOKYO, Feb 5 (NNN-NHK) – The number of airline passengers using Japan’s Narita Airport in Tokyo, saw a year-on-year increase of nearly threefold in 2022, largely owing to the relaxation of border controls, since Oct last year, local media reported today.
In 2022, a total of some 15.4 million passengers used the international airport, on the east of Tokyo, up 2.9 times from the previous year, the Narita International Airport Corp was quoted as saying.
The number of domestic flight passengers stood at 6.38 million, 1.9 times as many as that of 2021, while the figure for international passengers came to 9.03 million, 4.7 times more than the year before.
Despite improvements, the total number is only about one-third of the pre-pandemic level, as the number of passengers from China has not recovered, the airport operator said.
President of Narita International Airport Corp., Akihiko Tamura, said, visitors from China are the key for the recovery of the number of passengers.
In 2021, Narita Airport handled approximately 5.24 million terminal passengers, setting a record low for international travellers at 1.89 million, a drop of 74 percent from the preceding year.– NNN-NHK
