Hong Kong Express launches Okinawa route

HONG KONG – Hong Kong Express Airways launched yesterday its newest scheduled service to Okinawa, Japan. The first of five routes that the airline will launch between Hong Kong and Japan in April and May, flights to Okinawa will initially operate twice weekly before increasing to four flights per week from April 28.

Following January’s lifting of capacity restrictions on flights to Japan, Hong Kong Express Airways is the first Hong Kong-based airline to launch more direct flights to a number of cities in Japan.

Further planned route launches set to take place over the coming weeks will see Hong Kong Express Airways ultimately offer direct flights between Hong Kong and Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Nagoya and Okayama. The airline has also already established its first office in the country in Okinawa.

The airline operates the Hong Kong-Okinawa, Okinawa-Hong Kong routes on Thursdays and Sundays and will add flights on Mondays and Fridays starting April 28.