Tokyo's Haneda airport has allowed a foreign low-cost airliner access to the facilities for the first time since the transport hub resumed its international operations last month.
The low-cost Malaysian carrier AirAsia X on Thursday started a shuttle service linking the country's capital Kuala Lumpur with Haneda 3 times a week.
The first flight with 320 passengers on board arrived at the airport on schedule at 10:30 pm local time.
The company's CEO Azran Osman-Rani welcomed the passengers at the airport.
The Malaysian carrier has set discount fares at around 60 dollars and regular economy seats at 165 dollars, one way. These fares are much cheaper than those of major carriers.
The carrier says it has made efforts to cut expenses by omitting some services on board and raising operation rates.
One of the travelers said the fare was less than half of what she used to pay, and her seat was comfortable with enough space.
Increasing numbers of foreign-based air carriers are expanding their services to Japan. Japan's All Nippon Airways will also establish a low-cost carrier next month.
Fri, 10 Dec 2010 07:03:00 +0900(JST)
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Haneda international flights to resume on Oct 31
Tokyo's Haneda Airport will resume its handling of regular international flights for the first time in 32 years on October 31st.
Construction is now underway at the airport for a 4th runway and a new international terminal.
The transport ministry has decided to open the new runway and international terminal on October 21st, and to start services of regular international flights, mainly to Europe and the United States, on October 31st.
The 4th runway will allow the airport to handle 144,000 more landings and takeoffs annually. The airport will allocate 60,000 of them to international flights.
International flights out of Haneda are currently limited to short-distance chartered flights mainly to China and South Korea.
Haneda primarily handles domestic flights, while Narita Airport, which is farther than Haneda from downtown Tokyo, handles most international flights due to a government policy to separate their roles.
Construction is now underway at the airport for a 4th runway and a new international terminal.
The transport ministry has decided to open the new runway and international terminal on October 21st, and to start services of regular international flights, mainly to Europe and the United States, on October 31st.
The 4th runway will allow the airport to handle 144,000 more landings and takeoffs annually. The airport will allocate 60,000 of them to international flights.
International flights out of Haneda are currently limited to short-distance chartered flights mainly to China and South Korea.
Haneda primarily handles domestic flights, while Narita Airport, which is farther than Haneda from downtown Tokyo, handles most international flights due to a government policy to separate their roles.
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