AirAsia Japan airline President Tomonori Ishii announced Monday that the company is changing its name to Vanilla Air from Nov. 1^st.

In addition to announcing the name change, Ishii also said the airline will start flights between Okinawa and Narita with one daily round trip from Dec. 20^th, and by Mar. 15, 2014, it plans to add three more daily round-trips.

The additional flights will be midnight and early morning flights. The midnight flight will depart from Narita Airport at 10:10 p.m., and the early morning flights will take off from Naha at 5:40 am. Ticket prices are set to start from \7,500 one way, and will be available for booking online from Nov. 1^st.

Ishii explained that, “Until now, landings at Narita airport have been limited to between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. Expanding the allowed landing times will raise the net working rate of the aircraft, and may even mark the beginning of a new market.”

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