SPEED AND CONVENIENCE DRIVING JAPANESE AIRPORT TECHNICAL UPGRADES AS OLYMPICS LOOM
June 1st, 2017
JAPAN’S airport sector has been installing technology designed to ensure it can handle the planned 40 million arrivals in 2020, the year in which Tokyo will host the Olympic Games. This is a significant increase from the 24 million visitors that arrived in Japan in 2016 - the vast majority arriving by air. Japan's airports have a reputation for being some of the most advanced in the world, but operators are aware that a doubling of arrivals in the space of just five years will severely test their infrastructure. As a result, some of the biggest airports in ...
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