ANA starts testing autonomous bus operation at Haneda airport english.kyodonews.net

KYODO NEWS - 4 hours ago - 18:59 | All, JapanANA Holdings Inc., the operator of All Nippon Airways Co., said Wednesday it has started testing an autonomous bus to carry transit passengers and staff working at Tokyo's Haneda airport.
Drivers of level-3 vehicles still need to be prepared to intervene.
Promotion of technological innovation such as electric-powered autonomous transportation at airports is an urgent task for the aviation industry which faces a severe labor crunch and pressure to lower greenhouse gas emissions, ANA said.
In the near future, ANA hopes to introduce level-4 autonomous vehicles, which do not require a driver to be aboard, and other self-driving vehicles for its ground operations such as aircraft towing, it said.
At Chubu airport in central Japan, a joint venture set up by Marubeni Corp. and ZMP Inc. aims to introduce a small-sized autonomous bus to transport passengers later this year.