MAS to fly Japan's Okayama

MAS to fly Japan's Okayama

TOKYO (DPA): Malaysia Airlines will begin regular flights to Okayama airport in western Japan in April next year, Okayama Governor Masahiro Ishii said on Friday.

Ishii told a news conference that he was told by Malaysia Airlines executives when he made a recent visit to Malaysia that the airline was considering extending its weekly Kuala Lumpur- Fukuoka flight to Okayama from April next year. Fukuoka is in southwestern Japan.

If the plan is realized, Kuala Lumpur will become the fourth overseas destination from Okayama airport after Guam, Seoul and Shanghai, prefectural government officials said.