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Tickets for the first flights from New Kitakyushu Airport, which opens on March 16, went on sale on Monday, with travelers looking forward to an increased number of daily flights into the area.
The new airline Star Flyer will be based at the airport, carrying passengers to Tokyo's Haneda Airport. Planes in the Japan Airlines group will also fly between New Kitakyushu Airport and Haneda, Nagoya, and Naha.
A total of 14 return flights between New Kitakyushu Airport and Haneda Airport will be operated daily when the new airport opens. This number will gradually be increased to 17 a day.
Bookings for the first flights from the airport began at 9:30 a.m. on Monday by phone and over the Internet. Many people showed an interest in the first Star Flyer flight. The airline is scheduled to begin operations on March 16. The first flights to and from the new airport, departing from Haneda Airport at 6:05 a.m. and leaving Kitakyushu at 7 a.m., were reportedly booked out in five minutes.
New Kitakyushu Airport was built on reclaimed land off the coast of Kitakyushu and Kanda, Fukuoka Prefecture. Its runway runs from north to south. Because of its location it has cleared noise restrictions, and is able to handle arrivals and departures 21 hours a day. Star Flyer will operate flights departing from the airport at 5:30 a.m. (from March 23) and arriving as late as 1:15 a.m.
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