The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority will target developing nonstop air service between Harry Reid International Airport and Tokyo when representatives meet with airline executives at Routes 2023 in Istanbul, Turkey, in October.
Considered the leading Asian destination without nonstop flights from Las Vegas, the cities were once linked by two competing airlines – Northwest Orient, which eventually became Delta Air Lines, and Japan Airlines. Both served the Las Vegas market with Boeing 747 jets in the late 1990s.
Fletch Brunelle, the LVCVA’s vice president of marketing, said the LVCVA would have talks with international carriers serving Tokyo or domestic airlines with partners who fly there.
