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Skymark Airlines (headquarters in Ota ward, Tokyo) has recently announced its plan to tap into and expand its late-night and early morning flight services from Haneda airport. With Haneda airport set to operate around the clock, being presently used only by cargo jets and international charter flights late at night, Skymark Airlines plans to add late-night and early morning hours round-trip flights from Haneda to Naha, Haneda to Kitakyushu as well as from Kitakyushu to Naha set to begin this summer. All 3 airports, Haneda Airport, Naha Airport and Kitakyushu Airport are catered for 24 hours operations.

Already been confirmed that Skymark will launch 2 late-night Naha-bound flights leaving Haneda airport at midnight starting in June and at 12:20 a.m. to start in July, with arrival at Naha airport around 02:40 a.m. and 03:00 a.m. The return flight will leave Naha sometime between 3 and 4 a.m. and arrive at Haneda before 6 a.m.

Skymark Airlines further plans to add Haneda-Kitakyushu and Kitakyushu-Naha round-trip flights, with flight departure/arrival time between midnight and 06:00 a.m. to make use of Kitakyushu Airport’s 24-hour operations. Skymark hopes this will give travelers greater flexibility and stimulate demand by flying new routes. At present, Starflyer Airlines is the only carrier operating a late-night flight on a domestic route between Haneda and Kitakyushu, leaving Haneda at 23:25h and with an estimate arrival into Kitakyushu at 00:55h.

The Haneda-Naha, Haneda-Kitakyushu and Kitakyushu-Naha flights bring the total number of the airline’s routes to twelve. Skymark also plan to add more new routes later of the year to Kagoshima, Kumamoto and Nagasaki (via Kobe). Skymark operates on a single fleet of Boeing B737-800 aircrafts, with a seating capacity of under 180 passengers, using a single class configuration.

The first highway bus connecting Ibaraki Airport in Ome City, Ibaraki Prefecture and Tokyo Station in central Tokyo has commenced yesterday on May 27. As a move to expand its service and to promote the use of the newly-opened Ibaraki Airport, the prefecture government has decided to introduce the highway bus service allowing for better access to central Tokyo.

The 3 run-daily shuttle service operated by Kanto Railway Co Ltd (headquarters based in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki) has timed the departure and arrival time based on the flight schedule the airport is currently hosting, with 2 international flight services to Seoul and a domestic flight service to Kobe. Check the schedule below for arrival/departure times. The journey time takes between 1h40min to 2h30m.

Ticket is priced at 500yen one-way (for passengers arriving or departing for flight) and 1000yen one-way (for non-passengers). Prior reservation is required. (Tel: ０２９－２４７－５１１１ Mito reservation office / office hours: ９：００h ～１９：００h )

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