Japan Airlines will resume services between Tokyo and Kona starting in September.
Japan Airlines will resume services between Tokyo and Kona starting in September.
The nonstop service will return between Tokyo (Narita) and Kona, the gateway to Hawaii Island, on Sept. 15. Japan Airlines ceased the route between Japan and Kona in October 2010.
According to West Hawaii Today reports, annually, the flight brought in more than 70,000 visitors into Kona International Airport.
JAL currently operates six daily flights to Honolulu, including four daily flights from Narita, and one daily flight from Osaka (Kansai) and Nagoya (Chubu), respectively.
Japan Airlines also announced it will add a from Japan to Melbourne, its second destination in Australia within the airline’s international network.