Quarter Century Ago Today of Hokuriku, Japan

2024.06.28

vol.14

Hawaii charter flight launched for the first time at Toyama Airport. Commemoration ceremony also held [Twenty-five-year ago today]

 

The first charter flight (B767-300ER) for Honolulu Airport in Hawaii departed with about 200 passengers on board.

 

At the commemoration celebrating the launch of the first Hawaii charter flight, the ANA Toyama branch manager and others gave speeches and participated in the ribbon cutting.

Q. What are charter flights?

It is irregular flights on irregular routes for sightseeing, participation in irregular events, and others.

 

Travel agencies, specific individuals, and various organizations book charter flights. When travel agencies sign charter flights, they sell seats to individual customers as part of tour products.

 

In the case of Toyama Airport, before the charter flight to Hawaii (Honolulu Airport) on June 28, 1999, 117,338 travelers had enjoyed 796 charter flights to thirty-seven cities in twelve countries.

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