Originally Posted by
DaxOmni
What do the US rules say about inter-Asian flights and why would they be even more restrictive than US-Asian flights? That simply doesn't make any sense to me.
I think the US rules have implications for airports where some passengers are allowed to carry liquids into the landside area. (So in the case of Narita, if they're allowing passengers on flights to some destinations to take a bottle of water which was purchased outside of the airport, then they have to do an extra security kabuki on the ramp for any flights to the US or on US airlines)
Actually I think Narita security checks are more relaxed than those at US airports - and so, ironically, they are required to do extra checks on US airlines.
Originally Posted by
DaxOmni
The new terminal is actually called Terminal One and it's vastly superior to Terminal Two in my view. However, it's certainly gotten worse of late, at least according to my ears and nose.
Terminal Two is the newer of the two terminals. It currently has some building work going on to create some new duty free stores - I believe it will lose the feeling of a dreary hallway when that's completed. I used to prefer T2 to T1...
Rennovation of Terminal One was completed this year - with a brand new South Wing. That might create the impression that it's a new terminal.