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S'pore-Okinawa charter flights set for takeoff

Direct service means flying time is cut by about half to just over five hours
Thu, Sep 11, 2014 - 6:00 AM
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Boosting ties: (From left) Francis Loi, acting head of commercial at Jetstar; Seijun Wakugawa, director-general of Okinawa Prefecture; Mr Kawakami; Haruhisa Takeuchi, Japanese Ambassador to Singapore; Lim Ching Kiat, senior vice-president of CAG; and Thang We Wang, manager, planning of SilkAir

SINGAPORE and Okinawa could see 14 direct charter flights between Changi Airport and the latter's Naha Airport between this month and January next year as SilkAir and budget carrier Jetstar mount services.

This follows a memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked between Changi Airport Group...

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