NAGOYA/NAGANO, JAPAN -- Demand is surging for nonstop flights between smaller regional airports in Japan, as both businesspeople and domestic and foreign tourists look for better ways to get where they are going.
Passengers on Fukuoka-Matsumoto route jump sixfold in 10 years

The number of passengers using flights between 56 regional airports, excluding major hubs such as Tokyo's Haneda Airport, rose by a third between 2008 and 2018.
NAGOYA/NAGANO, JAPAN -- Demand is surging for nonstop flights between smaller regional airports in Japan, as both businesspeople and domestic and foreign tourists look for better ways to get where they are going.