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New Japanese budget carrier Zipair Tokyo is on track for a 2020 start date, having been granted an air transport business license by Japan s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism. The budget arm of Japan Airlines JAL will operate two Boeing 787-8 aircraft, each with 290 seats, on two daily services: Tokyo Narita-Bangkok Suvarnabhumi starting 14 May 2020, and Tokyo Narita-Seoul Incheon from 1 July 2020.Zipair Tokyo According to documents from the Japanese ministry, the carrier has Y5 billion $45.9 million in capital and plans to increase this to Y20 billion by the start of operations. Its two 787-8s were taken from JAL and reconfigured in a
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The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies or contribute to reporting or editing articles elsewhere in the newspaper or on聽bangordailynewsJacob Posik is a Young Voices contributor and the director of legislative affairs at Maine PolicyInstitute, a free-market think tank headquartered in Portland.Followi
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