Kuala Lumpur, 16 August 2023 - Batik Air announced a new exciting route from Kuala Lumpur to Naha, Okinawa, making it the airline's fifth destination in Japan. 

Further expanding Batik Air's footprint in Japan, the four times weekly service via Taipei which commences on 16 August 2023, will develop a strong presence in the Japanese market with its 21x times weekly services to the cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, and Okinawa. Additionally, this will also strengthen connectivity in its global network of more than 52 destinations. 

Flight OD882 will depart from Kuala Lumpur (KUL) every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday at 7.20 am via Taipei (TPE) and arrive at Naha, Okinawa (OKA) at 3.35pm. The return flight, OD883, will depart Naha, Okinawa at 4.35pm and arrive in Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA T1) via TPE at 11.05pm. 

Batik Air is offering a promotional economy class all-in one-way fare, starting as low as RM1,329 from Kuala Lumpur to Okinawa with 20kgs free checked in baggage allowance. 

Operating on the new Boeing 737-8 with 180 seats, Batik Air also offers a selection of pre-purchased meals and additional baggage allowance at discounted rates. Meals and drinks are also available for sale on-board in all Batik Air flights. 

Famously known as the 'Hawaii of Japan', Okinawa which is made up of more than 160 islands in the East China Sea, is a diversified island chain with a subtropical climate and a rich cultural past. In contrast to the bustling lifestyle of the major cities on the Japanese mainland, the island of Okinawa offers leisure travellers a more laid-back Japanese experience. 

With this new route, Batik Air passengers will have the opportunity to explore a wide variety of offerings with ease and convenience. From sports activities, adventurous hiking trails, mountain biking, culinary wonders for the foodie and many more family getaways, Okinawa presents something unique to all travellers.  

Batik Air/Lion Air Group, Group Strategy Director, Datuk Chandran Rama Muthy said, "Batik Air is very committed to the Japanese market and has within a year, mounted its fifth destination into Japan. Okinawa's legendary tourism potential is well known globally, and we are pleased to offer the connectivity via our KLIA hub as well as via our transit point of Taipei. Okinawa experiences subtropical climate with long summers and mild winters and year-round average temperature of 23 degrees Celsius, which is excellent for outdoor activities. Sakura season is in January and February which is another of the many added attractions.” 

Datuk Chandran added, “This new service offers travellers from Okinawa to visit beautiful Malaysia and also enjoy seamless connectivity to exciting destinations in our Lion Air Group's fast-expanding network in ASEAN, Indian Subcontinent, Australia & New Zealand and Saudi Arabia, via the Kuala Lumpur International Airport hub."  

Schedule: Kul-Taipei-Naha, Okinawa v.v. eff 16 Aug 2023 

GMT:TPE+8/OKA+9 

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About Batik Air: Batik Air is a rapidly expanding Malaysian-based airline with its main hubs at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, KLIA Main Terminal and Subang Skypark, the convenient KL downtown city airport in Selangor, Malaysia. The airline took to the skies in March 2013 with domestic flights in Malaysia and has since grown to operate routes to all major airports across the continents of Asia, Australia and the Middle East.  The airline has also obtained the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA).  Batik Air holds full membership in the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as well. 

About B737-8: The Batik Air B737-8 is configured in a two-class layout, with 12 new Business Class seats laid out in a 2-2 configuration. The new Business Class seat has been specially designed for regional and medium-haul routes, offering enhanced levels of comfort, privacy and functionality. The Economy class, with 150 Economy Class seats, is in a 3-3 layout configuration. The new generation seats are now available on the Batik Air B737-8 aircraft. They are ergonomically designed to provide customers with improved headrests for comfort, more personal space and increased legroom.  

The fleet of Batik Air consists of 8 ATR72-600s, 26 B737-8/800 NG aircraft, and 2 A330-300 aircraft. Batik Air effectively manages 800 weekly flights across an expanding network of 52 routes within the region. Notably, the B737-8 aircraft, configured in a single class, accommodates either 180 or 189 seats. 

Batik Air is a member of the Lion Air Group of Indonesia comprising Batik Air Indonesia, Super Air Jet, Lion Air, Wings Air, Biz Jet and Thai Lion Air.