Editing Transport in Japan (section)

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{{See also|List of airports in Japan|List of airlines of Japan}}
[[File:Kansai International Airport (1).jpg|thumb|[[Kansai International Airport]], [[Osaka]]]]

In 2013, Japan had the fourth largest passenger air market in the world with 105,913,000 passengers.<ref>World Bank Database, http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220119094705/https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/IS.AIR.PSGR |date=19 January 2022 }}</ref> In 2013 Japan had 98 airports.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120206x2.html |title=Bubble era's aviation legacy: Too many airports, all ailing &#124; the Japan Times Online |website=www.japantimes.co.jp |access-date=3 February 2022 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120803140213/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/nn20120206x2.html |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The main international gateways are [[Narita International Airport]] (Tokyo area), [[Kansai International Airport]] (Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto area), and [[Chūbu Centrair International Airport]] (Nagoya area). The main domestic hub is [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]] (Haneda Airport), by passenger traffic [[World's busiest airports by passenger traffic|the third-busiest in Asia]] and the fourth-busiest in the world in 2018, but not in the top ten in 2022;<ref>{{cite web|title=ACI reveals the world's busiest passenger and cargo airports (2018)|date=9 April 2018|url=http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/6601-aci-figures-reveal-the-world-s-busiest-passenger-and-cargo-airports.html|publisher=Airports Council International|archive-date=23 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190423175208/http://www.airport-world.com/news/general-news/6601-aci-figures-reveal-the-world-s-busiest-passenger-and-cargo-airports.html|url-status=dead}} [https://airport-world.com/traffic-data-reveals-the-busiest-airports-in-the-world-in-2022/ 2022 data] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231113022252/https://airport-world.com/traffic-data-reveals-the-busiest-airports-in-the-world-in-2022/ |date=13 November 2023 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-11-03 |title=5-Star Rating for Tokyo Haneda Airport |url=https://skytraxratings.com/5-star-airport-rating-tokyo-haneda-airport |access-date=2022-05-05 |website=Skytrax |language=en-GB |archive-date=24 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524011050/https://skytraxratings.com/5-star-airport-rating-tokyo-haneda-airport |url-status=live }}</ref> other major traffic hubs include [[Osaka International Airport]], [[New Chitose Airport]] outside [[Sapporo]], and [[Fukuoka Airport]]. 14 [[heliport]]s are estimated to exist (1999).

[[File:Airlines of Japan.svg|thumb|320px|Passenger airlines of Japan]]

The two main airlines are [[Japan Airlines]] and [[All Nippon Airways]]. Other passenger carriers include [[Skymark Airlines]], [[Solaseed Air]], [[Air Do]], [[StarFlyer]] and [[Fuji Dream Airlines]]. [[United Airlines]] and [[Delta Air Lines]], formerly [[Northwest Airlines]], are major international operators from Narita Airport.

Domestic air travel in Japan has historically been highly regulated. From 1972, the three major domestic airlines (JAL, ANA, and JAS) were allocated certain routes, with JAL and ANA sharing trunk routes, and ANA and JAS sharing local feeder routes. JAL and JAS have since been merged to help compete with ANA. JAL also had a flag-carrier monopoly on international routes until 1986. Airfares were set by the government until 2000, although carriers had the freedom to adjust the standard fares starting in 1995 (when discounts of up to 50% were permitted). Today, fares can be set by carriers, but the government retains the ability to veto fares that are too high.