Speaker Biograghy: Based in Singapore, Lian is a multi-skilled airport manager with experience in terminal planning, capacity analysis, airport operations and aviation research. He has a wide range of airport projects experience at some of world’s leading hub airports such as London Heathrow, Hong Kong International and Narita International.


Day 2 - 11 March
Session: IATA Day

11:00 - 11:30 - Panel Discussion: The airport capacity enhancement at Narita Airport
Synopsis: NAA, which manages Tokyo’s Narita Airport, engaged IATA and jointly launched a project in 2014 to conduct a study on challenges and opportunities for the implementation of Fast Travel initiatives for international travellers at Narita Airport. Through the study, IATA provided recommendations on how the various Fast Travel initiatives should be implemented and integrated with the existing operations environment at Narita Airport. The implementation issues and challenges, as well as impact on terminal capacity and operations, have been studied thoroughly. Narita International (NRT) is the launch airport for this innovative project with IATA.

Audience will learn:

• What Narita airport aims to do
• Joint project with IATA
• Potential of Fast Travel initiatives
• Future plan