Non-stop flights between Japan and Stockholm-Arlanda
[2008-04-11 12:07]
Japan Airlines International (JAL) will fly between Japan and Stockholm-Arlanda Airport this summer. It will begin with a brief test series of charter flights for Japanese tourists. But there are hopes of a non-stop route.
“We have long had the ambition to establish a non-stop air route between Sweden and Japan, and it is heartening that Japan Airlines sees this need and this market. This year there will be a brief test series, but we are already pursuing discussions on a continuation next year. A non-stop route to Japan will be important to Sweden and the Swedes. It will also increase the potential for inbound business and visitor traffic from Japan,” says Mats Sigurdson, Director of Aviation Marketing at the LFV Group, the self-supporting State enterprise that operates Sweden’s major airports.
JAL will operate charter flights between Japan and Stockholm-Arlanda as follows:
July 8: Kagoshima - Nagasaki - Stockholm Arlanda
July 21: Kumamoto - Chitose - Stockholm Arlanda
This Japanese charter service to Sweden is one element of JAL’s expansion plans for non-stop charter flights to international destinations. Kagoshima, Nagasaki and Kumamoto are in southern Japan. Chitose is outside Sapporo in northern Japan.
JAL will fly to Stockholm-Arlanda using Boeing 747-400 aircraft seating 356 passengers. JAL is Japan’s largest airline. Its summer charter service will be in collaboration with the Japan Travel Bureau, one of the country’s largest tour operators.
For more information, please contact:
Mats Sigurdson, Head of Aviation Marketing, LFV Group, mobile 0733-23 86 01.
Helena Miller, Press Officer, LFV Arlanda, mobile 0708-91 64 22.