JAPAN. Narita International Airport (NAA) is reporting a smooth start to retail and food & beverage operations at its new Terminal 3, which opened officially on 8 April.
T3 serves low-cost carriers including Japan Vanilla Air, Jeju Air, Jetstar Japan, Jetstar Airways and Spring Airlines.
First photos showcase a minimalist but innovative approach to interior design, with retail based on concepts tried and tested by NAA Retailing in the two main terminals.
Airside, NAA Retailing has opened a 1,200sq m FaSoLa duty free shop – the largest in the airport – with distinct areas for cosmetics & perfumery and liquor & tobacco.
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The cosmetics & perfume and liquor & tobacco sections of the 1,200sq m duty free store (All photos by Narita International Airport Corporation) |
Adjacent to the main duty free shop are concepts from Fa-So-La Souvenir Akihabara, Fa-So-La Bags and Fa-So-La Watches & Accessories.
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Fa-So-La Souvenir Akihabara, airside at T3 |
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The speciality watches and bags stores from Fa-So-La |
Food & beverage airside is limited to a Caffebene café, but landside features the largest food court at a Japanese airport.
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NAA claims that the food court is the largest at any airport in Japan |
With seating for over 400 customers, the food court congregates a Caffebene café, Miyatake Sanuki Udon and Ringer Hut noodles, Tatsu Sushi, Freshness Burger, Yodonya One Bowl and Botejyu Express teppanyaki.
A sense of fun informs the terminal’s interior design, with the walkways marked out like a running track with blue lanes for departing passengers and brown for those arriving.
LCC flights represented 19.3% of aircraft movements at Narita Airport in the April – September 2014 period, a share that NAA expects to grow significantly.
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Running lanes take the place of travelators in the new low-cost terminal |
