Originally Posted by
warrens
Yeah it would. Don't say "wouldn't" or "might". Don't guess. Don't make things up.
Price it out on Google Flights. You'll see what I mean!
Sendai airport is smaller than Halifax or Ottawa. Flight options are limited.... in fact, there's only one international flight tomorrow, and it isn't to Incheon. So your argument falls apart really fast.
You have to go to Tokyo if you want flight flexibility. That's just how it is in Tohoku.
Yeah, so what? You're really hung up on the idea that connections are horrible monsters that are to be avoided at all costs, aren't you? What a weird attitude to take, especially in a train-heavy country like Japan, or England for that matter.
Changing trains takes a few minutes at either Hamamatsucho for the Monorail, or at Shinagawa. I've done both this year -- it's not onerous at all.
You'll spend more time walking through the Haneda terminal than you will waiting for that connection.
Maybe Sendai was a bad example, but there is a reason why Japanese airlines offer air to rail partnerships in Europe but not Japan. There is also a reason why AC chose FRA and not LHR even though they have more flights to LHR. Instead of attacking me, can you care to guess why? A Clue: It's not just me who is "hung up" with the quality of the rail connection.