APAC airports rejig runway and terminal operations amid Covid-19

Airports across Asia-Pacific have had to make changes to operations as they grapple with reduced traffic due to the coronavirus outbreak. In Japan, Tokyo Narita International has closed 1 of 2 runways from April 12 until further notice. It adds that it expects recovery to take “a considerable amount of time”. Australia’s Brisbane airport has brought forward the decommissioning of runway 14/32 in order to provide parking space for grounded aircraft. It had planned to decommission the runway in May as part of the preparation process for its new runway. Perth Airport said April 10 that it closed its Terminal 1 domestic pier after Virgin Australia cut its schedule further. Previously, it warned that terminal closures were inevitable. <br/>