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Old Mar 16, 2010, 3:43 pm
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Originally Posted by Wing Man
Interesting blog post from the Japan Times about the tendency of these satellite airports in Japan to be located far away from convenient transportation.

Why? Because airport parking concessions are run by public corporations such as the Airport Environment Improvement Foundation, which make money when people have to drive to airports rather than taking public transportation.

http://blog.japantimes.co.jp/yen-for...araki-airport/
I don't think that blog post is suggesting that Japanese airports are designed with the purpose of making people to drive to them. That would be at odds with reality.
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