Tuesday, February 24, 2026

Trip Report: Nonstop Service From/To Tokyo!

Yesterday morning we were following the progress of ZIPAIR flight ZG714, the first nonstop flight ever of a passenger airline between Japan and Florida. When the flight was near Winnipeg, we knew we needed to head over to Orlando International Airport to check it out!

LOOK! Up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane, it's ZIPAIR


With the City Beautiful in the background, ZG714 taxiing to the gate at Terminal C. 

ZIPAIR uses a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner on the route.

Check-in action at the ZIPAIR ticket counter.

What a beautiful sight for Orlando International Airport. The Tokyo flights are just temporary but will be used to gauge interest for permanent service.

Up close with the Boeing 787-8.

The flight board. The only thing wrong here is that I wasn't getting to fly on it. It was tempting; just $300 one way to Tokyo-Narita on ZIPAIR plus 30,000 American AAdvantage miles to return home. Cheap! Sadly, just didn't have the time to pull it off but I did research the possibility.

Outbound passengers were treated to Japanese goodies at the gate.

On a flight day you could conceivably go to Tokyo Disneyland in the morning, depart Narita at 2:30PM that afternoon, arrive Orlando at 2:40PM the same day (thanks to the international date line) and go to Disney World the same evening!

Ain't she a beauty!

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