Air Do launches Tokyo-Sapporo flight services

Air Do launches Tokyo-Sapporo flight services

Passengers board the inaugural flight of Hokkaido International Airlines, known as Air Do, at Haneda airport in Tokyo on the morning of Dec. 20. The airline was licensed in October to operate air services between Tokyo and Sapporo, with fares set initially at 16,000 yen one way, 36 percent lower than regular ticket prices offered by existing airlines. Air Do is the second new carrier to break into the domestic air market, which was controlled for more than three decades by All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Japan Air System and the carriers' affiliates until Skymark Airlines launched its Tokyo-Fukuoka route Sept. 19. ==Kyodo

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