JTA launches first new air route in 10 years from Miyako to Nagoya with one flight in each direction daily

JTA launches first new air route in 10 years from Miyako to Nagoya with one flight in each direction daily

Tape-cutting ceremony to celebrate the new route on the afternoon of March 28 at Miyako Airport, Miyakojima


March 30, 2021 Ryukyu Shimpo

 

(Miyakojima) On March 28, Japan Transocean Air (JTA; president: Noriyuki Aoki) put into service a new route connecting Miyako and Nagoya (Chubu). Miyakojima mayor Kazuyuki Zakimi and members of tourism-related organizations gathered at a ceremony held at Miyako Airport on the occasion of the departure of the first flight on this route to see off the 107 passengers on the flight.

 

The airplanes used for the route will be Boeing 737-800, and one flight in each direction will run daily. JTA executive Hiroshi Itokazu addressed the ceremony-goers, saying, “This is our first new route in 10 years. We aim to continue making efforts to encourage tourism to Miyakojima going forward.”

In his address, Mayor Zakimi expressed his hopes, saying, “I am grateful for your support, as the wings of Okinawa, for our lives and tourism development. I hope that the launch of this new route will serve as an opportunity to become closer to Nagoya and lead to various types of exchange.”

 

(English translation by T&CT and Sandi Aritza)

 

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