Originally Posted by
jphripjah
You can get by with only English for most purposes in every major international airport in the world. As a general rule, people who speak no English at all are not hired to work at international airports as check in staff, security screeners, customs agents, flight attendants, waiters, etc.
NAT is the only airport in the world where none of the check-in agents spoke English. It was kind of surprising that G3 didn't have anyone who spoke English at check-in.
Earlier this year while going through Customs at HND, the officer did not speak English very well, but she managed to communicate. She brought out some laminated sheets ask asked me if I had anything indicated on the sheets.