After 3 years and 7 months, flights between Naha and Beijing to resume at Naha International Airport, with 2 round trip flights weekly to attract tour groups. (19au23)
Splendor of Okinawa: Crown of Thorns, roadside Uruma, 14au23 From 17 September, Air China will resume its Naha-Beijing line, after a hiatus of 3 years and 7 months. It will run flights 2 days a week with one round trip flight each day. The same route was in operation until February of 2020, when it was shut down due to widespread Covid-19 contagion. The plane will have a capacity of 158 seats. The flight will leave Beijing at half past noon and arrive in Naha at 5 pm. Then, at 6 pm, it will leave Naha and arrive in Beijing at 8:45 pm. The flight will take about 3 and a half hours each way. According to sources at the Air China Naha branch, during his recent China trip, Governor Denny Tamaki requested a resumption of direct flights, and, with word that the Chinese Government had lifted the ban on group tours on 10 August, Air China decided to reopen the Naha-Beijing route from mid-September. Before Covid-19, Air China had also run services from Naha to Tianjin and Chongqing. China ...