The first direct flight between Kaohsiung and Hokkaido is to launch on Jan. 21 next year, Tigerair Taiwan announced yesterday, along with discounted fares for early buyers.
The first flight between Kaohsiung International Airport and New Chitose Airport serving Sapporo is to depart on Jan. 21, the budget airline said.
Two flights are to run weekly on the route for the initial period, departing from Kaohsiung at 8am on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and returning from New Chitose at 1:55pm the same days, it said.
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To celebrate the new route, one-way tickets on the route are available for NT$3,899 from now until tonight at 11:59pm for flights between Jan. 21 and March 29, the airline said.
More detailed information is available on the Tigerair Taiwan Web site.
The Sapporo route is the airline’s 11th departing from Kaohsiung, adding to services between the southern city and Tokyo’s Narita Airport, Nagoya, Osaka, Okayama, Fukuoka and Okinawa in Japan; Seoul’s Gimpo airport in South Korea; Macau; and Da Nang and Phu Quoc in Vietnam.
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