{"id":170995,"date":"2025-05-16T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=170995&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2025-05-16T09:03:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T00:03:02","slug":"spring-airlines-adds-sunday-flight-to-saga-shanghai-route","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/spring-airlines-adds-sunday-flight-to-saga-shanghai-route\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Airlines Adds Sunday Flight to Saga\u2013Shanghai Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">China\u2019s low-cost carrier Spring Airlines will increase its Saga\u2013Shanghai route from three to four round trips weekly starting July 6, adding Sunday service to the current Monday, Wednesday, and Friday schedule. The announcement follows a visit by Saga Governor Yoshinori Yamaguchi to the airline\u2019s parent company in Shanghai, where he expressed gratitude and awarded the company for its contributions. Since resuming post-pandemic operations in September 2023, the route has seen seat occupancy remain in the mid-80% range, indicating strong passenger recovery. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pref.saga.lg.jp\/kiji003113148\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Prefecture<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-170987\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_spring-airline-japan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_spring-airline-japan_2025_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_spring-airline-japan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_spring-airline-japan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/fnn_spring-airline-japan_2025_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photo from Spring Japan Airlines official facebook <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stay informed with the latest Fukuoka &amp; Kyushu news and events in English. Sign up for our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">free weekly newsletter <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">today and never miss a beat. Opt out anytime, your privacy is our priority. Get the inside scoop with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/mailmagazine\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Now<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summaries based on public content, errors may occur during translation. Images credited independently. Send feedback using <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/contact\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this <\/span><b>form<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China\u2019s low-cost carrier Spring Airlines will increase its Saga\u2013Shanghai route from three to four round trips weekly starting&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":170991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-170995","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","location-saga-prefecture","news-category-travel-tourism","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/170995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170995"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}