Singapore and Japan have agreed to expand air services between and beyond both countries. Both Singapore and Japanese carriers may now operate unlimited passenger and cargo flights between Singapore and all other cities in Japan.
Under the expanded agreement, Singapore carriers may operate four daily flights between Singapore and Tokyo's Haneda Airport during the late night and early morning hours (22.00hrs to 07.00hrs), following the scheduled completion of a new runway at Haneda Airport in October 2010. In addition, Singapore carriers may increase the number of flights between Singapore and Tokyo's Narita Airport, following the completion of runway expansion works at the airport in March 2010.
The expansion also allows Singapore carriers to operate passenger flights beyond Osaka and Nagoya to the United States, while Japanese carriers can operate passenger flights beyond Singapore to India and the Middle East.
Lim Kim Choon, director-general and chief executive Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore, said: "This significant expansion of the air services agreement is a testament to the warm relations between Singapore and Japan, and a strong reflection of our mutual commitment to provide a liberal framework that will facilitate greater trade, tourism and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries."
Eight airlines currently operate 288 weekly scheduled flights between Singapore and nine cities in Japan.
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