The operator of Narita International Airport near Tokyo plans to raise service and security fees by 13% on Sept. 1, 2023. (Akifumi Ishikawa/Stars and Stripes)

TOKYO — Travelers will pay slightly more to fly out of Narita International Airport, whose operator plans to raise service and security fees by 13% on Sept. 1.

The increase will cover rising energy and labor costs, according to an airport announcement on May 25.

International passenger service facility charges cover the cost of maintaining and managing the lobbies, elevators and other terminal transportation facilities; flight information systems; and to provide baggage carts and passenger information services, according to the Narita airport website.

The passenger security charge covers baggage inspections, security checks and passenger terminal security maintenance.

The fees will vary depending on the passenger’s age and which terminal they are using.

“Because Terminal 3 is used by a low-cost carrier, the terminal itself is simpler than Terminal 1 and 2, that’s why it is cheaper,” Tsubasa Kodaka, a spokesman for Narita International Airport Corp., the airport’s operator, told Stars and Stripes by phone Friday.

Adult passengers departing Terminals 1 and 2 on international flights currently pay 2,660 yen (about $19.12) for both fees, while children ages 12 and younger are charged 1,600 yen. In September, those fees will cost 3,010 yen and 1,790 yen, respectively.

Transit passengers — those making a brief stop at the airport — ages 12 and older departing from Terminals 1 and 2 will pay 1,230 yen, according to Narita. Ages 2 to 11 will be charged 620 yen.

At Terminal 3, adults will pay another 330 yen for a total of 1,370 yen; children will be charged another 170 yen for a total of 690 yen.

Neither customers nor companies have complained about the rising fees, Kodaka said.

The passenger service facility charge was last raised in 1981, excluding consumption tax increases, according to Narita.