Singapore Airlines Group said Tuesday it will resume its service connecting Singapore and Japan's Fukuoka next month after seven and a half months of hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The flight resumption on Nov. 5 follows phased relaxations in entry restrictions for people traveling between the two countries that have begun in September.

The once-a-week flight will connect the two cities on Thursdays.

Starting in November, Singapore Airlines Ltd. will also expand the route serving Singapore-Narita from three flights a week to five, while also increasing the route between Singapore and Kansai, a major airport in western Japan, from two flights per week to five.

The airline will fly six flights to Narita per week from December.

==Kyodo

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