New-Chitose Airport, Sapporo

Hokkaido Airports adds nonstop North American routes for winter 2026-27 with Air Canada and United Airlines, while targeting Southeast Asia to cut seasonality.

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Air Canada will launch winter flights from Vancouver to Sapporo in December, the only nonstop connection between Japan’s Hokkaido region and North America.

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Hokkaido Airports has secured several new international routes and is setting its sights on further expansion in Southeast Asia and long-haul markets.

All Nippon Airways intends to deploy Boeing 787-10s on domestic trunk routes from February.

The carrier is ramping up service to China and Japan.

Both Hong Kong and Japan recently eased COVID-19 entry rules.

The carrier plans to fully resume services to the key Asian market by the 2023 second quarter.

SIA Group is attempting to take advantage of pent-up demand to destinations that have been largely closed.

The network additions will increase the number of destinations served in Japan to five as the East Asian country moves to loosen its stringent COVID-19 restrictions.

The South Korean flag carrier is aiming to restore international passenger capacity to 50% of pre-COVID levels by September.

Malaysia Airlines’ passengers will be able to connect to five Japanese cities beyond Tokyo.

Service to Tokyo Haneda will resume in August, while frequencies on two other routes will also grow.

The carrier is also altering plans for Asia flights because of the war in Ukraine.

Domestic flights dominated the list of busiest routes in the world during 2021, led by a leisure service in South Korea.

Finnair has launched its first service to Tokyo Haneda has part of a slew of routes to its important Asian market starting from summer 2022.

Finnair expects to offer around 275 fewer daily flights this winter compared with last but hopes to boost frequencies during spring 2021.

The COVID-19 pandemic has claimed another airline, with AirAsia Japan opting to cancel all flights and shut down operations with immediate effect.

This week: VietJet to provide its first non-stop link between Vietnam and Indonesia; Qantas increases services to Japan; and Hainan Airlines expands its North America connectivity.

This week: Finnair adds fifth destination in Japan; Frontier Airlines returns to Boston; and AirAsia continues to expand its international network.

Route rundown: GOL adds routes to Miami and Orlando, Hainan Airlines launches its first direct service between China and Spain, and Thai Air Asia X resumes Bangkok to Sapporo.

This week: AirAsia finally launches Japan subsidiary, Iberia to start seventh US route, Wizz opens eight new services from Athens.

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The new business will operate from a base at Chubu Centrair International Airport in Aichi prefecture to Shin-Chitose Airport in Sapporo, Sendai Airport in Sendai as well as to Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport in Taipei. Alongside its previous experiences at the facility, AirAsia Group currently serves the airport with its AirAsia X long-haul business from Kuala Lumpur.