With the opening of a fourth runway at Tokyo's Haneda airport in late October, the head of Hawaiian Airlines, which will soon start a new Tokyo-Honolulu service, is already looking to further expand the carrier's business in Japan.
"Our expansion into Japan is a very important moment for our company. It's something that we've been planning for some time," said Mark Dunkerley, president and CEO of Hawaiian Airlines Inc., which is breaking into the Japanese market for the first time with the launch of its new service on Nov. 19. "We think of it as the first step of many to expanding our services into Japan."
Thanks to the new runway, Haneda, located less than 30 minutes by public transportation from business areas in the capital, will be able to add 64 more regular international flights from late October.