NAA and DIA to Sign Sister Airport Agreement- Strengthening the Strategic Partnership between International Hub Airports Tokyo, 7 June 2013: Narita International Airport Corporation (NAA) and Denver
International Airport (DIA) are to sign a sister-airport agreement with theobjective of collaborating on advanced initiatives that are difficult to undertakefor individual airports alone, to achieve sustainable growth and to offer higher
quality services to their customers. The details of the signing ceremony are set
out below.
1. Signing Ceremony:Between 17:30 (5:30 p.m.) and 18:20 (6:20 p.m.), Wednesday, 12 June 2013
2. Venue:
1st Floor, Aioi Room, Meiji Kinenkan
3. Contents:
NAA and DIA plan to strengthen their strategic partnership for sustainablegrowth through information sharing and regular meetings, exchanges ofpersonnel and joint programs in order to grow and develop as international
hub airports in the global network while the environment surrounding theaviation industry remains volatile and continues to change rapidly.
4. Signatories:[For DIA] Hon. Michael B. Hancock, Mayor, City and County of Denver, andMs. Kim Day, President[For NAA] Mr. Makoto Natsume, President and CEO, andMr. Kenichi Fukaya, Senior Executive Vice President

Attachment■ Background
DIA is one of the United States' mostimportant hub airports with morethan 52 million passengers a year in
2011. Denver City is also a major
market for Japan in terms of businessand tourism. With the decision by
United Airlines to launch a direct
service between Narita and Denveron 10 June this year, the two airports
recently initiated discussions on asister-airport agreement to achievesustainabledevelopment
asinternational hubs and to provide ahigher quality of services to theircustomers.
The new direct service is expected to provide a greater level of convenience forpassengers traveling not only from Narita to Denver but also to otherdestinations in the US as well as Latin America. With the signing of thisagreement, the two airports hope to play key roles in expanding passenger andcargo traffic and injecting greater vitality into the economic activities of Japanand the US by stimulating the expansion of the aviation network linking the tworegions.
■ Advantages
 The agreement will make it possible for the two airports to exchange
specialized expertise and ideas to deal precisely and effectively with issues
that arise in airport administration and operation.
 Through expansion of the aviation network between the two regions towhich the airports belong, the agreement will contribute to growth anddevelopment in the business and tourism markets.
 Joint programs under the agreement will make it possible for the twoairports to offer higher quality services and greater convenience to its user
customers.
 The personnel exchange program will nurture global human resource
teams through studies undertaken by staff at their counterpart airports
into solutions to issues in specialist fields and trends in aviation
administration.

■ NAA's 9 Sister Airports① Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) - Signed in July 1997.
② Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) - Signed in
November 1998.
③ Fraport AG, Frankfurt - Signed in February 2005.
④ Pulkovo Airport Company, Saint Petersburg - Signed in April 2008.
⑤ Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC) - Signed in June 2009.
⑥ Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) - Signed in March 2010.
⑦ Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) - Signed in March 2010.
⑧ Airports of Thailand (AOT) - Signed in July 2010.
⑨ Changi Airport Group (CAG), Singapore - Signed in May 2012.
■ Overview of Denver International Airport (DIA)
1) Basic DataManagementOrganization

City & County of Denver,
Department of Aviation

CommissionedFebruary 1995

Location

Approx. 40 km from the city center

Airport Site Area

Approx. 13,600 ha (34,000 acres)

Runways

6 (1 x 4,876 m, 5 x 3,658 m)

Terminal

Main building (Jeppesen Terminal) andConcourses A, B & C

Network Destinations

180 cities

Airlines Served

16 airlines

Traffic Statistics (2011) Aircraft Movements(Annual) Passengers (Annual) Cargo (Annual)

Approx. 629,000 (Ranked 5th worldwide)
Approx. 52,849,000 (Ranked 11th worldwide)
Approx. 248,000 tons

2) Aerial view of DIA

Terminal concourses
4,876m

3,658m

(A, B & C leading fromthe main building)
3,658m

3,658m
3,658m
3,658mMain terminal building(Jeppesen Terminal)