Japan Airlines to start daily Bengaluru-Tokyo service next year
Christian Mathew Philip | TNN | Jan 23, 2019, 22:45 IST
Representational photo. (Reuters)BENGALURU: Japan Airlines (JAL) on Wednesday announced that it will launch a new non-stop daily service between Tokyo (Narita) and Bengaluru from 2020. There are no direct flights to Tokyo from any south Indian city.
JAL, which now has direct flights to Tokyo from New Delhi, is planning to operate flights on the Bengaluru-Tokyo route daily.
The Tokyo-Bengaluru flight will leave Tokyo at 6:25 pm and reach Bengaluru at 12:05 am (next day). In return, it will leave at 2:45 am from Bengaluru and reach Tokyo at 2:55 pm.
In a release, JAL said: "The IT industry is thriving in Bangalore and is known as the Silicon Valley of India, where global corporations focusing in telecommunications, biotechnology, and automobiles are strategically based in this unique city. As direct flights are currently not in service from Japan, the launch of this route will provide customers from North America a new option when travelling to the southern region of India”.
It has said that reservations and ticket sales will be announced when plans are finalized.
Welcoming the move, consul-general of Japan in Bengaluru, Takayuki Kitagawa, in a statement, said, "launch of non-stop flights from Bengaluru to Tokyo (Narita) will herald a new era of more strengthened economic relation between Karnataka and Japan. With this development not only will tourism flourish in Karnataka and Japan but also many new businesses will be established; thereby creating lots of new opportunities," he said.
"With the recent relaxation of visa norms from January, the new flight service is bound to see a huge increase in Indian visitors from Bengaluru to Japan" he said.
"The new flight service will enable people to travel not just to Tokyo but also to many cities in the US easily. Once the Silicon Valley of India and US are connected, we can probably expect Tokyo to become the next Silicon Valley, too. This flight service is more than a win-win, it is a triple win situation for India, Japan and the US,” he added
JAL, which now has direct flights to Tokyo from New Delhi, is planning to operate flights on the Bengaluru-Tokyo route daily.
The Tokyo-Bengaluru flight will leave Tokyo at 6:25 pm and reach Bengaluru at 12:05 am (next day). In return, it will leave at 2:45 am from Bengaluru and reach Tokyo at 2:55 pm.
In a release, JAL said: "The IT industry is thriving in Bangalore and is known as the Silicon Valley of India, where global corporations focusing in telecommunications, biotechnology, and automobiles are strategically based in this unique city. As direct flights are currently not in service from Japan, the launch of this route will provide customers from North America a new option when travelling to the southern region of India”.
It has said that reservations and ticket sales will be announced when plans are finalized.
Welcoming the move, consul-general of Japan in Bengaluru, Takayuki Kitagawa, in a statement, said, "launch of non-stop flights from Bengaluru to Tokyo (Narita) will herald a new era of more strengthened economic relation between Karnataka and Japan. With this development not only will tourism flourish in Karnataka and Japan but also many new businesses will be established; thereby creating lots of new opportunities," he said.
"With the recent relaxation of visa norms from January, the new flight service is bound to see a huge increase in Indian visitors from Bengaluru to Japan" he said.
"The new flight service will enable people to travel not just to Tokyo but also to many cities in the US easily. Once the Silicon Valley of India and US are connected, we can probably expect Tokyo to become the next Silicon Valley, too. This flight service is more than a win-win, it is a triple win situation for India, Japan and the US,” he added
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