Originally Posted by
PDXNRTLHR
Yes, HND has horrendous slot times; but IMO that's because Japan has given their own airlines priority.
Not exactly, the slot times at Haneda were deliberately negotiated by the US and Japanese governments, of course each government acting in the commercial interests of their respective air carriers.
U.S.- Japan Air Transport Agreement of December 14, 2009
http://www.state.gov/e/eb/rls/othr/ata/j/ja/133510.htm
Section 3
Access to Haneda International Airport
The following shall apply to international air transportation prescribed in the Annex that includes Haneda International Airport (hereinafter referred to as “Haneda”) after the commencement of the operational use of its fourth runway scheduled in October 2010.
Subject to the following conditions, scheduled combination and charter service is permitted at Haneda between 2200 and 0700 hours local time:
- The designated airlines of each Party shall be limited to a total of four (4) pairs of slots for scheduled combination service; extra sections shall not be permitted;
- Slots for scheduled service shall not be used for all-cargo service;
- Departures from Haneda to a point in the 48 contiguous U.S. states shall not be permitted prior to midnight; and
- Airlines of each Party may operate no more than 600 one-way charter flights per year.