Commencing on July 1, 2016, Hong Kong Airlines will launch a twice daily service between Hong Kong and Narita Airport in Tokyo, connecting business travellers to the capital of Japan.

“As the capital of Japan and one of the most important metropolitan cities in Asia, Tokyo has long been the favorite destination for Hong Kong people for both business and leisure travel,” says chief commercial officer of Hong Kong Airlines Li Dianchun. “We are pleased to add Tokyo (Narita) to our growing Asian network, offering our passengers with a wider range of travel options, and strengthening Hong Kong’s position as one of the world’s major aviation hubs.”

The new Tokyo route will be operated by an A330-300 wide-body aircraft, with its business class cabin featuring 32 seats. Each seat can turn into a flatbed when fully reclines to 180 degree horizontally and measures an overall length of 6 feet 1 inch.

Complemented by the existing twice-daily flights to Okinawa, daily flights to Okayama, five-time-weekly service to Sapporo, thrice-weekly service to Kagoshima, twice-weekly flights to Miyazaki and Kumamoto, Hong Kong Airlines will operate a total of 47 weekly flights between Hong Kong and Japan starting from July. www.hongkongairlines.com