Monday 3 September 2018

Cathay Dragon launches seasonal scheduled flight to Tokushima on 19 December 2018

Report by : Gan Yung Chyan
                 / KUCINTA SETIA
Distributed to All Press & Travel Professionals


Cathay Dragon launches seasonal scheduled flight to Tokushima, the largest city of Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku Island in western Japan, on 19 December 2018 using its A320 aircraft. It flies from Hong Kong to Tokushima on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

On 19 December 2018, Cathay Dragon flight KA322 departs from Hong Kong for Tokushima at 9.30 am, touches down in Tokushima at 2 pm before leaving Tokushima for Hong Kong at 4.30 pm and arriving in Hong Kong at 8.10 pm under flight KA323. On Saturdays, KA323 leaves Tokushima for Hong Kong at 5 pm and arrives in Hong Kong at 9 pm.

The above schedules are effective until 30 March 2019.

According to Xiang Fei, Hong Kong's famous aviation publisher, Cathay Dragon has operated charter flights to Tokushima before and it remains the only airline to operate international flights to Tokushima. Tokushima is currently linked to Haneda and Fukuoka by scheduled flights of Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.

Tokushima is known for its Naruto whirlpools that form the fastest strait current in Asia, the beautiful scenery of Awaji from the Naruto Strait, the eyebrow-like peak of Mt Bizan, Bizan Ropeway (cable car service to Mt Bizan), vine bridges of Iya Valley, and the famous Japanese statue of a boy urinating to the valley to show his manliness.

The opening of Cathay Dragon's scheduled route to Tokushima has raised Hong Kong's connectivity to Japan as the desired hub for all Japan-bound flights from outside Japan. 

Currently Hong Kong-based airlines operate flights to more than 15 Japanese airports including HK Express' flights to Fukuoka, Haneda, Narita, Ishigaki, Takamatsu, Nagoya Chubu, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Kumamoto, Kansai, Cathay Dragon's flights to Naha, Komatsu, Sendai, Fukuoka and Hong Kong Airlines' flights to Yonago, Miyazaki (ends 28 October 2018), Okayama, Kansai, Narita and Sapporo. Hong Kong is also a focus city of Peach, Vanilla Air, Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways.

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