“Etihad’s A380 set to Dawn in the Land of the Rising Sun” - Etihad Airways has announced it will fly its A380 to Narita, Tokyo for Summer 2026
Posted by Dmacthegoat@reddit | aviation | View on Reddit | 6 comments
Will begin operations on June 16, 2026
Aeson_Ford_F250@reddit
Isn't Narita sinking into the sea? If it isnt, this will surely cause it to.
Pro-editor-1105@reddit
You are talking about Kansai, Osaka's largest and main airport.
mikepapafoxtrot@reddit
Narita is in land.
Haneda is the one that's in Tokyo Bay.
grain_farmer@reddit
Everyone is simultaneously saying super jumbos are in the past while complaining they can get slots into Narita (let alone Haneda), Australia, Heathrow etc…
Signal-Season-2463@reddit
Haneda heavily restricts A380 movements during the day, so the odds of it is extremely low.
upbeatelk2622@reddit
Haneda is basically off-limits to the A380 so they have no choice.
Both JAL and ANA use HND for higher-yield premium passengers and NRT for lower-yield or connecting passengers. This is also why a few years back, Delta literally shut down at NRT and demanded that Japan give them enough slots at HND to run their whole operation.