The reality is, for many passengers those times will mean 48 hours or more without a proper sleep --

Arriving at Narita international airport and traveling by train through the concrete clutter of Tokyo's east side, many tourists can't help but think that Japan is a grey country with tired infrastructure.
They'll also wonder why it seems so difficult to get to Tokyo, even after landing in Japan. Despite a  recently opened high-speed airport train cutting travel times by a third, it can still take over an hour to get from Narita International Airport to central Tokyo.
The new international terminal at Haneda Airport however, opened on October 21, can get passengers from the airport to downtown Tokyo -- or vice versa -- in around 30 minutes, and at last gives Tokyo a funky new international gateway that enhances the city's reputation for futuristic designs amid a proud ancient culture.
"It's beautiful," says a young woman from the Shibuya area of Tokyo, joining a chorus of praise from passengers on their way to a quick holiday in Seoul. "It's much easier to go from Shibuya to here than Narita."
This compares to Narita Airport, 60 kilometers away, to which the fastest Sky Access train takes 36 minutes from stations in Tokyo's eastern side (Ueno and Nippori), themselves a further 30 minutes from downtown Shibuya and Shinjuku.
"Haneda used to be a place for coming and going, it was nothing special," says Keiko Takemaru, a Tokyo housewife car rental agencies a orlando airport visiting the airport with her friend. "This new terminal is very stylish. It's a nice place to spend time if you are waiting for a flight."
"It's been very busy here since the terminal opened last weekend," says the café's manager Duan Ren, who came from Beijing to Japan eight year ago. "It's like a festival. People are coming to Haneda to see what it's like, even if they aren't flying."
Security guards don't seem to mind photographers attracted by the terminal's clever angles and light effects. When asked how to get to the planetarium, one police officer smiles and tries out his newly learned English.
Directly outside the arrivals area, a long escalator spills directly into the ticket gates for the Keikyu line, only about 20 minutes car rental agencies a orlando airport to Shinagawa or Yokohama. The Monorail train, meanwhile, goes to Hamamatsucho, car rental agencies a orlando airport convenient for business travelers working car rental agencies a orlando airport in Marunouchi.
For now, many airlines will try to take advantage of increased demand for the much closer airport by setting higher fares at Haneda than the distant Narita. An economy round-trip from Hong Kong to Tokyo Haneda is currently priced at HK$4,320 (pre-tax) for travel in December 2010 compared to HK$3,500 (pre-tax) for Narita, according to Cathay Pacific's online-booking website.
According to International Air Transport Association data, landing a Boeing 767 with 150 passengers will cost about ¥3,000 per passenger at Haneda, much higher than the rates of ¥1,200 at Changi in Singapore and ¥335 at Incheon outside Seoul, which has become a de facto hub for about 30 regional airports in Japan.
Haneda will connect with 17 foreign airports by February next year, including American Airlines to New York JFK, Delta Air Lines to Detroit and Los Angeles, British Airways to London Heathrow, Thai Airways to Bangkok Suvarnabhumi car rental agencies a orlando airport and Singapore Airlines to Singapore Changi.
While flights to Asian destinations will leave between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., planes for Europe and North America can only land or depart between 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., meaning awkward arrival and departure times both in Tokyo and at the other end.
An American Airlines flight from Haneda, for example, will leave the airport at 6.40 a.m., which means waking up in Tokyo at 3 a.m. to take a taxi to reach check-in, then landing at JFK in New York at 5:15 a.m. local time, too early to check into a hotel for sleep before a meeting.
Daniel Fath, a senior consultant car rental agencies a orlando airport providing public relations support for American Airlines in Japan, says in an email that passengers can benefit twofold. "Business people, especially those in the financial industry, can complete a full day's work in New York before hopping the evening flight back to Tokyo. Leisure travelers can enjoy a full day of shopping in Manhattan or catch connecting flights to destinations within the US, Caribbean and Central and South America."
The reality is, for many passengers those times will mean 48 hours or more without a proper sleep -- not exactly ideal for shopping or meetings. The times are much better coming back: departing after work at 6:15 p.m., and arriving in Tokyo at 10:20 p.m., in time to go to bed after an exhausting car rental agencies a orlando airport flight half-way around the world.