Japan: Tokyo residents fight Olympic flight plans
As Tokyo prepares to greet overseas visitors to the Olympic Games in July, some city residents are upset about the more than 100 low-flying jetliners a day that will bring them to the city. From March 29, whenever a southerly wind blows over Japan's capital, 45 passenger planes an hour will descend low over Tokyo on 2 new airport approach routes for up to 3 hours. The approach routes are part of a renewed push to expand air access to the world's biggest metropolitan area. Aviation officials have struggled for decades to increase capacity in the face of fierce opposition to airport construction, including Tokyo's other airport 80kmaway at Narita. Giving impetus to a new aviation plan that will increase flights to Tokyo by a third to a 1m is part of PM Shinzo Abe's drive to make inbound tourism an economic priority. <br/>
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Japan: Tokyo residents fight Olympic flight plans
As Tokyo prepares to greet overseas visitors to the Olympic Games in July, some city residents are upset about the more than 100 low-flying jetliners a day that will bring them to the city. From March 29, whenever a southerly wind blows over Japan's capital, 45 passenger planes an hour will descend low over Tokyo on 2 new airport approach routes for up to 3 hours. The approach routes are part of a renewed push to expand air access to the world's biggest metropolitan area. Aviation officials have struggled for decades to increase capacity in the face of fierce opposition to airport construction, including Tokyo's other airport 80kmaway at Narita. Giving impetus to a new aviation plan that will increase flights to Tokyo by a third to a 1m is part of PM Shinzo Abe's drive to make inbound tourism an economic priority. <br/>
