Japan's three major airlines and two South Korean airlines, which were given the green light to use Tokyo's Haneda airport for international charter flights from next month, have requested permission to operate a total of 49 flights, government officials said Sunday.
The five airlines that have submitted their flight schedules to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport are Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Japan Air System, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines, the officials said.
The charter flights are set to begin Feb. 16 and end in late April, they said.
According to the officials, ANA has proposed nine round-trip flights including ones bound for Honolulu and Guam. JAL has asked for two Honolulu-bound flights and six other round-trip flights to Palau and other places.
The officials said JAS is planning to fly a charter service to Saipan, while Korean Air and Asiana have both asked for round-trip flights to the resort island of Cheju off of South Korea.
All five airlines will be allowed to use the airport on the first day as a special exception, the ministry officials said, adding that
The final schedules for the chartered flights will be released on Monday, the ministry officials said.
Airlines officials are hoping this latest operation will "lead to a widespread demand" of their airline services.