Regular charter flights officially launched between Tokyo's Haneda International Airport and Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) on Oct. 25, 2009.

In the opening ceremony at Haneda airport, Chinese Ambassador to Japan Cui Tiankai voiced his hope that exchanges between the two nations in areas of commerce, trade and tourism will be further broadened with the launch of the new route.

Four direct flights, run by Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Air China, will be traveling every day between the two airports.

Beijing Capital International Airport (BCIA) has thus become the second airport in the Chinese mainland that has direct flights to Haneda airport since a similar service between Shanghai's Hongqiao International Airport and Tokyo's Haneda International Airport went into operation in September 2007.