New Option for Flying to Ryukyu: Revival of Regular Flight Service to Okinawa

By MOOK Travel Life Network, Chen Guanxin, compiled and reported

Last year, Japan and Taiwan signed the Open Sky open skies agreement, making the skies between the two countries much busier. Revival Airways announced that starting today, it will operate regular flights on the Taipei–Okinawa route, not only offering travelers an additional choice but also joining forces with 13 other operators to form the Japanese PAK “Bubble Dragon Holiday,” aiming to bring Taiwanese travelers a more diverse travel market.

Since 2008, Revival Airways has been operating in the Japanese market through charter flights. Last month, it launched a regular Taipei–Osaka route, and on the 1st of this month, it began service on the Taipei–Hokkaido route, among others. The airline now serves over 30 cities across Japan. On the Okinawa route, it operates to destinations such as Naha, Ishigaki, and Yonaguni. Among these, the Hualien–Ishigaki route has operated 370 flights, averaging a passenger load factor of over 90%, and to date has served 25,000 passengers traveling between Taiwan and Okinawa.

Okinawa is the Japanese territory closest to Taiwan and is the only one of Japan’s 47 prefectures to have established its own office in Taiwan. Known as the “Hawaii of the East,” this island nation surrounded by sea blends cultures from Taiwan, China, Japan, and the United States, along with the Ryukyuan culture passed down from the Ryukyu Kingdom, creating the diverse and dynamic Okinawa we see today.

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