New air route between Russia and Japan inaugurated
15:07, 28 May 2009
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. May 28. KAZINFORM. A new air route has been inaugurated between Russia and Japan. Flights from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to Tokyo and back will be made by TU-204 and A-330 airliners of the Vladivostok-Avia Company (VAC). The first flight was made on May 26, the VAC press service announced on Thursday; Kazinform refers to Itar-Tass.
Airliners from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk will land at Tokyo's Narita airport. Flights are to be made twice a week. The duration of the flight is two hours.
The VAC also carries out the transportation of people from Russia's Far East to the Japanese cities of Niigata and Narita, China's Beijing and Harbin, and South Korea's Seoul; Kazinform cites Itar-Tass.