NokScoot’s maiden Bangkok-Tokyo flight touched down smoothly yesterday morning at Narita International Airport, beginning a new era of its connectivity between Thailand and Japan.

Flight XW102, with 415 passengers and 9 crew members, was welcomed at Japan’s leading gateway airport by Makoto Natsume, president & CEO of Narita International Airport Corporation, among others. It sets the stage for the medium-to-long-haul low cost carrier’s expansion into North Asia, as flights to Osaka and Incheon from Bangkok are expected to follow suit later this year, pending regulatory clearance.