POSTCARDS FROM NARITA
In the second part of his snapshot from the Japanese capital, Martin Needham visits Tokyo/Narita, soaking up the sun and enjoying a vibrant array of airline traffic
This Loong Air Airbus A320-214, B-8145 (c/n 6671), has sported special colours promoting the 19th Asian Games, which were held in Hangzhou in 2022, since July 2020
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Japan Airlines (JAL) has painted Boeing 787-8, JA823J (c/n 34833), to celebrate Osaka’s hosting of Expo 2025 between April 13 and October 13
United Airlines aircraft are frequent visitors to Narita – and not just widebodied jets on transpacific routes. The carrier’s Boeing 737-800s and -900s connect the Tokyo hub with Kaohsiung, Guam, Ulaanbaatar, Saipan and Cebu, which were routes initially operated by Continental Micronesia, part of Continental Airlines from 2010 and United Airlines from 2017. This Boeing 737-824, N73291 (c/n 33454), taxies in at Narita having arrived from Guam’s Antonio B Won Pat International Airport