Japanese customers get first no frills airport at Ibaraki as discount airfares enter Japan

“Ibaraki Airport, about 53 miles north of Tokyo, opens on Thursday and is intended to be a completely new type of Japanese airport: a no-frills facility that could finally open up Japan’s expensive capital city to low-budget airlines. .The city and its surroundings represent the largest metropolitan sprawl in the world with a population of 40 million. It is currently served by two airports, Narita — which handles most of the international traffic — and Haneda, which primarily serves domestic flights. Haneda”



Source: In Japan, No-Frills Airport Lures Bargain Players
By HIROKO TABUCHI
March 10, 2010
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/11/business/global/11airport.html?ref=asia&pagewanted=print