More Japanese flights for Australian

Australian Airlines will operate an extra four services between Cairns and the Japanese cities of Nagoya and Sapporo from August.

Two additional flights will operate between Cairns and Nagoya from August 3 to October 28 and a a second season of non-stop flights between Sapporo and Cairns will be added between November 2 and March 25.

The Nagoya and Sapporo services will provide a further 1080 seats into Cairns each week.

"Cairns continues to be one of the most popular destinations for Japanese visitors and Australian Airlines is the only carrier to provide non-stop flights from the Japanese cities of Nagoya, Osaka, Fukuoka and Sapporo," Australian Airlines Chief Executive Andrea Staines said.

"The timing of the seasonal Nagoya services is designed to allow passengers from Korea, China and Taiwan as well as Japan to fly to Cairns for their holiday or make same day connections through to other Australian holiday destinations such as Hamilton Island and Ayers Rock."

Ms Staines said the additional flights to Nagoya and Sapporo also provided more options for Australian holidaymakers.

Tourism Australia Managing Director Scott Morrison said the services would be good news for North Queensland, where the Japanese market was critical. - Travelpress travel news

Source: http://au.travel.yahoo.com/