continuo con la storia di Osaka perchè secondo me è la fotocopia di Malpensa (Tratto da Wikipedia):
While Japan's economy was growing rapidly, the area around Itami Airport became an increasingly dense residential area for commuters to Osaka. A number of factors made the airport an intensely-debated political issue in the 1960s and 1970s, among them:
The introduction of jet aircraft made noise and air pollution a growing concern among locals.
The United States Armed Forces had rights to use Itami Airport for refueling and maintenance, and frequently sent military aircraft there for overhauls at the ShinMaywa Industries plant there. This activity caused consternation among locals who were opposed to the Vietnam War.
In 1966, the Japanese government obtained additional land in order to expand the airport to handle Expo 70 traffic. As part of the negotiations to obtain this land, the government agreed with the locals to impose additional restrictions on operations at Itami. By the mid-1970's, the airport was subject to extensive slot restrictions, with operations limited to 200 jets and 170 propeller aircraft per day, and no takeoffs or landings allowed after 9 PM. These restrictions led the major domestic airlines to adopt more widebody aircraft in ultra-high-density configurations on Itami routes. The introduction of these widebodies caused additional concern among locals who protested the increased pollution and greater dangers in the event of a crash.
Local groups sued the Japanese government in 1969 for damages stemming from past noise and air pollution; the Supreme Court of Japan finally ruled in 1981 that the residents were entitled to such damages.
Because of the political friction surrounding Itami, planners began work in the 1970s to relocate many of its flights to an offshore location. This plan led to the opening of Kansai International Airport in 1994 on an artificial island in Osaka Bay.
There were originally plans to close Itami Airport following the opening of Kansai, but nearby communities opposed such a move for economic reasons, so Itami was retained as a domestic-only airport after Kansai opened in 1994.
The only international passenger flights to use Itami since 1994 have been in connection with state visits. Air Force One visited Itami in November 2005, and Chinese premier Wen Jiabao landed at Itami in April 2007.[3] All Nippon Airways retains a large maintenance base at Itami which occasionally services aircraft ferried in from overseas without passengers, and some international cargo flights continue to use the airport as well.
The Japanese government has taken further moves to limit operations at Itami in order to spur development at Kansai and Kobe. Aircraft with more than two engines were banned from Itami effective April 2006. The government proposed changing Itami's status from first-class airport to second-class airport, which would saddle local governments with one-third of its operating costs; after protests from the surrounding local authorities, the national government withdrew this proposal. The government also proposed banning widebody aircraft from Itami, although this proposal was criticized as unrealistic given the volume of traffic there.
In questo grafico
http://www.kiac.co.jp/en/data/image/graf_02.gif noterete come all'inizio del progetto nel 1995 quando l'hub funzionava, molti voli nazionali gravitavano sullo scalo di Kansai, il non volere chiudere Itami e la follia di sviluppare Kobe (come Bergamo) portarono al fallimento del fideraggio nazionale e al fallimento dell'hub di kansai. Notare il numero di pax totali di Kansai così come la ripartizione Nazionali Internazionali, mi sembra di aver già visto dati simili in Italia ma non ricordo bene dove...
Sembra che i politici giapponesi siano coglioni almeno quanto i politici italiani...