KLM Launching Direct Service From Amsterdam to Fukuaka, Japan

KLM Boeing 777-200ER

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch direct service to Fukuoka, Japan, on April 3, 2013. The airline will be the first to offer direct flights between Europe and the Japanese city.

Fukuoka will be the third KLM destination in Japan, along with Tokyo and Osaka. Service will operate three times a week, with flight KL869 departing from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Saturdays, and arriving in Fukuoka the following days, and flights departing from Fukuoka Airport on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, arriving in Amsterdam the following days as well.

Flights will operate aboard Boeing 777-200ER aircraft, which seat up to 318 passengers, including 35 World Business Class and 283 in Economy Class.