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Northwest to adds flights for New Year’s Day
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Posted on Dec 13 2004
Northwest Airlines will be operating four extra flights from Tokyo to accommodate Japanese tourists who will be traveling to the islands around New Year’s Day.
Barbara Yamada, Northwest general manager, said the flights will leave Tokyo on Dec. 30 and 31, and Jan. 2 and 3. They are scheduled to depart Narita International Airport every 1:35am and take off from Saipan at 5:20am.
The additional service will be serviced by Boeing 747 aircraft, which can seat about 400 passengers. This means Northwest will be providing a total of 1,600 seats for Japanese travelers visiting the Northern Marianas.
New Year’s Day is one of the most important holidays for the Japanese people. International travel activity is intensive among the Japanese especially in the beginning and toward the end of the New Year holidays.
Northwest is currently offering twice daily flights between Saipan and Narita, and daily between Saipan and Nagoya.
The airline also has a code-sharing agreement with Pacific Islands Aviation, which operates commuter flights between Saipan, Tinian, Rota, and Guam.
Other airlines will be operating additional flights during the holidays.
Japan Airlines has been providing extra flights daily between Haneda and Saipan since Nov. 17, 2004 and will continue to do so until Jan. 3, 2005. The flights are serviced by Boeing 767 planes, which can accommodate 232 passengers each flight.
On Dec. 16, Asiana Airlines will start additional flights to and from Seoul and Saipan. Asiana will operate three flights weekly—every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday—in addition to its current daily Seoul-Saipan flights.
The extra flights will be operated until Feb. 28, 2005, and will be serviced by an Airbus 322 aircraft, which can accommodate up to 177 passengers.
