Originally Posted by
RichardInSF
Certainly overall it's more exclusive than the train -- but depending on where you are coming from, it's kind of sad that the train (especially the new Keisei Skyliner) could be faster.
The service would be much more attractive if it actually landed at NRT airside, avoiding the need to go through security again.
Actually those cases are so rare it is hardly worth mentioning. You would be hard pressed to find a faster service to the check-in counter unless starting in Nippori or Ueno or their immediate environs.
It can land airside but you still need to go through national immigration and security. Landing airside takes longer though due tot the regulation to allow a certain number of inbound and out bound planes to use the same airspace. That requisite delay makes offsite at Sakura much faster.