International carriers are moving capacity from Narita to Haneda just as Japanese airlines added more flights from Haneda since the new runway opened. The latte

International carriers are moving capacity from Narita to Haneda just as Japanese airlines added more flights from Haneda since the new runway opened. The latter still operate a lot of international flights from Narita. Only US carriers seem to mostly not get Haneda slots but they are decreasing capacity in Narita as well as they now offer less connecting flights via Japan than they used to. There are currently negotiations and the Japanese authorities have agreed to assign more slots to American carriers. The problem seems mostly Delta, who would like to move their complete hub to Haneda which would take a large share of available slots there. Delta is lobbying hard (including loud in public which is a big no-no in Japan) for not increasing capacity for their competitors. [1] In 2013 the US was allocated Haneda slots but they could not agree on a distribution among their carriers, so they remained vacant. The problem at Haneda seems to be as much US-internal fights as Japanese protectionism. (Sure, Japanese carriers have more than 2/3 of all slots of Haneda. Personally, I think it's fine that a country's carriers are given preferred access where capacity is limited.) [1]: http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/delta-air-lines-our-way-or-no-way-attitude-risks-subverting-us-japan-interests-on-haneda-flights-262177 http://centreforaviation.com/analysis/delta-air-lines-our-wa...