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Owing to its enhancing popularity as one of the major tourist destinations, the Tokyo transport system has been developed considerably and made more modernized over the past years. Improved technology and highly modern methods are applied in almost all the areas of transport and communication. Tokyo is well-linked by air with almost every other foreign countries. The number of airlines and the frequency of their flights have been increased too. AsiaRooms provides a detailed account of the Narita International Airport Tokyo. Located in Narita, it is one of the most sprawling and busiest airports in the world.
AIRLINES
Some of the major airlines operating to and from Narita International Airport Tokyo are, Japan Airlines, China Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Egypt Air, Delta Airlines, Continental Airlines, Air Pacific, Air India, Air New Zealand, Thai Airways International, Swiss International Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Lufthansa German Airlines, US Airways, Austrian Airlines, Air Canada, Cathay Pacific Airways, KLM - Royal Dutch Airlines and British Airways. Two of the most prominent airline services in this airport are, JALways and All Nippon Airways.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE PROCEDURES The Narita International Airport Tokyo airport consists of two terminals - Terminal 1 and Terminal 2. Both are connected by airport bus services. The arrival and departure processes are more or less same in both the terminals. After the international flights land, the passengers will have to undergo the following processes : - Filling up and submitting of the quarantine questionnaire.
- Checking of passports at the Immigration counter.
- Retrieving of your luggage.
- Inspection of food items, plants and animals being brought to the country.
- Customs inspection. While leaving the country and departing from the airport, the procedure is as follows : - Get your boarding pass from the airline counter, and check-in your luggage and receive the receipt.
- Get your luggage and boarding pass checked for security reasons.
- Complete the customs formalities if required.
- Get your passport, boarding pass and other documents stamped.
- Move towards the boarding gate with a minimum half-an-hour time in hand before the flight takes off.
- You will be guided by the staff members to board the flight.
FACILITIES
The Narita International Airport Tokyo offers services for international calls, telegram and fax. The passengers are provided with traveler's insurance. Lockers are allotted where the passengers can keep their baggage safe and secure. Banking facilities like ATM and currency exchange are available here. Passengers especially the business travelers can hire DVD player and cellular phones for use. Other benefits provided by the airport authorities include a clinic, postal services, rest rooms with baths, beauty parlors, tickets for entertainment performances, body care center, waiting lounge, internet access and photocopying services, amusement facilities for kids, tour and travel information, and vehicles on rent are available too. Passengers can also spend their time relaxing at the airport café with beverages and snacks. They also have the opportunity to relish some delectable cuisine at the various restaurants in the airport. Book store and souvenir shops are to be found here. You can also shop some jewelry and fashion related items, and travel related goods. The airport offers exclusive duty free shopping and houses some trendy boutique selling commodities of branded names like Emporio Armani, Bvlgari, Ralph Lauren, Cartier and lots more are there in store for you ! This permits the passengers to indulge in an extremely pleasurable shopping spree. The airport has its own bus services like Airport Limousine Services and Tokyu Bus Services, and taxi services like, Sky Gate Shuttle and Jet Partner, which connect the airport and the city.
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