[Joint Press Release] Aurora Airlines (UTS Air Service Inc.) Narita International Airport Corporation Aurora Airlines to Launch New Charter Service between Narita and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk! Tokyo, 15 April 2014: We are delighted to announce the launch of a new charter service between Narita and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to be operated by Aurora Airlines (IATA Code: HZ) from Thursday, 1 May 2014. Aurora Airlines was established in September 2013 by amalgamating SAT Airlines and Vladivostok Air. It operates domestic services within Russia between Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and major cities in the Russian Far East, while operating international services from Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk to 3 countries including the Narita route. Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, the capital of the state of Sakhalin in Russia is located two and a half hours away from Narita by air, and is a key economic and cultural center and as the base for large-scale underground resource development projects by joint ventures comprising firms from Japan, Russia, Europe and the US. The launch of this new Aurora Airlines service will stimulate greater exchanges between Japan and the Russian Far East region. Flight Schedule: 2 flights/week (Tue, Thu) from 1 May 2014 Flight Departure STD Arrival STA Outbound HZ9234 Narita 16:30 Y-Sakhalinsk 21:00 Inbound HZ9233 Y-Sakhalinsk 13:05 Narita 13:50 * All times local Terminal: Terminal 1, North Wing Aircraft: Boeing B737-500 Seating Capacity: 108 in total (8 Business Class, 100 Economy Class) * Conditional upon approval by the relevant governments. Schedule and other details are subject to change without notice. *Courtesy of Aurora Airlines .