KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 — Japanese budget carrier ZIPAIR has touched down at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), inaugurating a daily direct service from Tokyo Narita that injects over 2,000 weekly seats into Malaysia’s aviation corridors ahead of the Visit Malaysia 2026-2027 campaign.
The low-cost subsidiary of Japan Airlines completed its inaugural run, flight ZG61, late Tuesday evening. The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner departed Narita International Airport at 4.50pm and docked at KLIA Terminal 1 at 11.40pm, marking the carrier’s entry into the Malaysian market.
Operating wide-body Boeing 787-8 aircraft configured with 290 seats, including 18 lie-flat business suites and 272 standard economy seats, the daily service adds 2,030 seats every week between Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur.
