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Direct flight to link Chongqing, Okinawa
Updated: 2019-12-16
Xinhua
A new air route will be launched between southwest China's Chongqing municipality and Japan's Okinawa.
The route will be launched on Dec 27 and operated by Air China with round-trip flights every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday.
The outbound flight leaves Chongqing at 12:35 pm Beijing time. The return flight departs Okinawa at 6:35 pm local time.
Earlier, a direct air route between Chongqing and Tokyo was launched on Nov 24.
Over 8 million Chinese tourists visited Japan in 2018, up 13.9 percent year on year.
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