Narita International Airport announced that the airport operates the most total flights a week and the most international passenger flights a week in the winter schedule of 2026 (October 25 2026 to March 27 2027) since it opened.
The total number of flights is up 4% year on year to 4,945 a week, out of which international flights, including 3,382 passenger flights and 669 cargo flights, reach 4,051, exceeding 4,000 flights a week for the first time.
International passenger flights from China continue reducing by 34% to 359 a week, while more passenger flights from Asia, Middle East and Europe fly into Narita.
Domestic flights are down 2% to 894 a week, including 838 passenger flights a week.
The most 99 airlines ever fly into Narita during the winter schedule, two airlines more than a year earlier. While MSC Air Cargo and Philippines Air Asia suspended their services to Narita, Parata Air of South Korea, Thai Vietjet Air, Air Niugini and Biman Bangladesh Airlines have launched new services to Narita.