Narita Airport considers three major foreign airport opportunities

As Tokyo's Narita Airport watches international airlines shifting their services to Haneda Airport, it has become evident that the management recognises that there are opportunities in managing foreign airports.

Currently there are three projects that have been put forward - one actual one and two potential ones, and each of them offers their own challenges: operation of a Thai airport with great potential to attract tourist flights; investment in a new North Asian airport; and a possible strategic advisor role for an ambitious greenfield airport in Eastern Europe.

The BBS Consortium in Thailand has suggested that executives of Tokyo Narita Airport could operate U-Tapao Rayong-Pattaya International Airport.

An extended consortium of Narita International Airport Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation, Japan Airport Terminal and Jalux has signed an agreement with Mongolia's Government to operate and manage the New Ulaanbaatar International Airport for 15 years under the terms of a joint venture.

In Jan-2020 Poland's Deputy Minister of Infrastructure Marcin Horała reported that companies are expressing "considerable" interest in financing the Solidarity Transport Hub Poland (CPK) project, and that Narita International Airport Corporation is in discussions to become a strategic advisor for the project.

It is a portfolio which would not look out of place for Singapore's Changi Airports International and each of them will present their own challenges to Narita Airport Corporation.