AirAsia Japan ventures internationally as the low cost carrier prepares to launch its first flight at the end of this month between Tokyo and Seoul.
TOKYO – AirAsia Japan is set to strengthen its position as an industry leader with the announcement of its international route to Seoul (Incheon), Korea. In conjunction with the international flight debut celebration, AirAsia Japan is having a special promotion. The Narita to Seoul (Incheon) route will begin operations on October 28th 2012 with daily flights operating from Narita International Airport.
The new route announcement was made simultaneously by AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes in Seoul and AirAsia Japan CEO Kazuyuki Iwakata in Tokyo.
Fernandes said, “This is a great day for all of us, and an even greater day for the consumers & air travelers in Korea. With AirAsia’s low fare, everyone can now travel to more places more often. AirAsia Japan’s announcement of this international route today is a dream coming true for us, and I am looking forward to see the Narita – Incheon flights begin operations. Congratulations to Kazuyuki and his team for making Japanese and Korean skies friendlier and more affordable.”
Iwakata said, “We are extremely happy and proud to enable so many guests to fly and enjoy the AirAsia experience since we started operations about three months ago. The announcement of our new international routes to Korea gives me much pleasure as AirAsia Japan can now further expand the AirAsia Group’s existing extensive route network, connecting Japan and other countries in Asia. It makes much sense to begin our international flights to Korea, our next-door neighbor and I am sure that this will further enable and inspire more people to travel to international destinations as the flights take only about 2 hours from Narita to Incheon.”
AirAsia Japan’s international flights will also be operated on Airbus A320 aircraft with a capacity of 180 seats, similar to its domestic flights.
Luc Citrinot a French national is a freelance journalist and consultant in tourism and air transport with over 20 years experience. Based in Paris and Bangkok, he works for various travel and air transport trade publications in Europe and Asia.
