JAL's LCC carrier Zipair launches new Narita-Kuala Lumpur route

Zipair Tokyo Inc., a low-cost carrier of Japan Airlines Co., launched a new route Tuesday linking Narita airport with the Malaysian capital of Kuala Lumpur amid Japan's inbound tourism boom.Zipair will operate daily round trip flights on a Boeing 787-8 aircraft departing Narita, east of Tokyo, in the evening and Kuala Lumpur after midnight.At a ceremony for the inaugural flight at Narita airport's Terminal 1, Zipair President Yasuhiro Fukada said the carrier's cumulative passenger total has surpassed 5 million."(The Narita-Kuala Lumpur route) is important for further expanding our network i…READ FULL ARTICLE