NEW INTERNATIONAL MOUNT FUJI SHIZUOKA AIRPORT OPENS THIS JUNE
January 1st, 2009
BY KARRYN MILLER
JAPAN'S 98th airport, Mt Fuji Shizuoka Airport, is set to open on June 4, 2009: despite the launch being delayed twice. The initial March opening was moved back because the owner of 150 nearby trees refused to chop them down or even shorten them. The trees heights were above the maximum under the Civil Aeronautics Law. As a result, the proposed 2,500-metre runway was shortened by 300 metres costing Yen 110 million (USD$1.2 million). It was an added expense to an already expensive project: construction expenses are estimated at approximately Yen ...
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