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Haneda previously carried the IATA airport code TYO, which is now used by airline reservation systems within the Greater Tokyo Area, and was the primary international airport serving Tokyo until 1978; from 1978 to 2010, Haneda handled almost all domestic flights to and from Tokyo as well as "scheduled charter" flights to a small number of major ...
By the early 2000s, airport managers grew concerned about LAX's future as an international gateway. The international terminal was aging, and many carriers had reduced flights to LAX in favor of more modern airports, such as San Francisco and Seattle/Tacoma. By 2007, LAX lost 12% of the seats on its weekly international departures. [43]
Japan Airlines Flight 516 (ICAO flight number JAL516) departed New Chitose Airport at 16:27 JST (07:27 UTC) en route to Haneda Airport. [31] The flight landed 52 minutes after sunset, in darkness, with light and variable winds, visibility greater than 10 km (6.2 mi), few clouds at 2,000 feet (610 m), and a scattered cloud layer at 9,000 feet ...
On 31 January 2001, Japan Airlines Flight 907, a Boeing 747-400D en route from Haneda Airport, Japan, to Naha Airport, Okinawa, narrowly avoided a mid-air collision with Japan Airlines Flight 958, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 en route from Gimhae International Airport, South Korea, to Narita International Airport, Japan.
On 14 June 1972, Akan, Flight 471 operated by a Douglas DC-8 struck the banks of River Yamuna, about 20 km (12 mi) east of New Delhi's Palam International Airport (Now known as IGI Airport). The crash killed 10 out of 11 crew members, 72 out of 76 passengers on board and 3 people on the ground died, including famous Brazilian actress Leila ...
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão International Airport: Terminated [8] Campinas: Viracopos International Airport: Terminated [9] São Paulo: São Paulo/Guarulhos International Airport: Terminated [3] Canada: Vancouver: Vancouver International Airport: Passenger [2] [7] China: Beijing: Beijing Capital International Airport: Passenger [2] [7] Dalian ...
JA8119, the aircraft involved in the accident at Haneda Airport in 1984. The Boeing 747SR-46 with registration JA8119 (serial number 20783, line number 230), was built and delivered to Japan Air Lines in 1974 (prior to their name change to "Japan Airlines"). It had accumulated slightly more than 25,000 flight hours and 18,800 cycles (one cycle ...
[15] [14] The airport was renamed Los Angeles International Airport in 1949. [17] The temporary terminals remained in place for 15 years but quickly became inadequate, especially as air travel entered the "jet age" and other cities invested in modern facilities. Airport leaders once again convinced voters to back a $59 million bond on June 5, 1956.