All Nippon Airways will Fly Houstonians to Tokyo's More Central Airport

By Andrea Leinfelder

Source Houston Chronicle (TNS)

Nov. 26, 2019

All Nippon Airways will soon connect Houston to Tokyo's more centrally located Haneda Airport.

Starting in the summer of 2020, this flight will replace ANA's current daily flight between Bush Intercontinental Airport and the farther flung Narita International Airport.

The new Houston service is part of a bigger push by ANA to offer more service from Haneda Airport.

“There is growing demand to visit Japan, and ANA will increase its international service just as Haneda Airport also expands to adapt for inbound Japanese tourism,” Seiichi Takahashi, senior vice president of ANA, said in a news release. “These new routes will increase the ease and convenience for passengers flying to Japan from across the world, a significant benefit of our dual hub strategy.”

United Airlines previously attempted to move its Houston-Narita flight to Haneda, but it did not receive government approval. The U.S. Department of Transportation instead granted tentative approval to fly from four other United hubs: Newark Liberty International Airport, Chicago O'Hare International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport.

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