TOKYO APPROACHES
May 1st, 2001
BY SWINEETHA DIAS WICKRAMANAYAKETHE PRESIDENT of the Japanese Shipowners' Association has criticised plans to redevelop and expand Tokyo's Haneda Airport, because of concerns that approaching planes would fly so low over Tokyo Bay, they could hinder the navigation of container ships.Masaharu Ikuta told a press conference that he was not pleased with the proposal from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, to provide a third major airport facility in the region, even though it included a plan to avoid flying too near the Bay's key Passage No.1 sea ...
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