22 November 2024
Departing is as bad as arriving
Haneda airport
Haneda airports main web page has a warning about congestion at immigration, you see this page when you log onto the wifi.
When you are in line they play an announcement 'the immigration area is very chaotic right now please...'.
This truly is one of the worst airports in the world now, if I see it on a best airports list I will know those lists are getting paid to make recommendations.
It took me more than an hour to get through security and immigration, probably an hour and 15 minutes. This is unacceptable.
If you have a shop in the airport departures, where there are a lot of restaurants before immigration and almost none after, please understand that the refusal of the archaic Japanese government / airport authority to open more counters / lanes results in you losing business. Everyone has to immediately find the guy holding the giant pole with the big sign on the top saying END OF THE LINE HERE even if it is 3 hours until departure because the line is intimidatingly long.
I saved a good rant for the end.
So after hanging out in an unnecessary line for a while, I had time to eat the same dinner I have eaten before from one of only about 3 tiny restaurants post immigration, and then type and upload this in a hurried fashion and soon it will be time to board.
I do not have a huge amount of time in Cairns on the way back, so maybe there will be photos of Cairns airport, maybe not, either way they will be almost as fascinating as hotel room photos.
Qantas is going well, cancelled and delayed flights. I am not flying Qantas. There were angry people hanging around the sign though.
This terminal of Haneda airport is not massive, so I do not understand the poor service of security and immigration.
And an exact same meal I have had before at this airport, Yakisoba. Great it was too, and under $10.
OK I had better go find my gate now.