Press Release
Revision to JAL Group Route and Flight Frequency Plan for Second Half FY2009 and Domestic Routes for First Half FY2010
Tokyo, November 5, 2009: The JAL Group announced today, further changes to its overall route and flight frequency plan for the second half of FY2009, and plans for a portion of its domestic passenger operations for the first half of FY2010.
With a focus on improving profitability and reducing costs, a bold review of underperforming routes was conducted, as slated in the Progress Report of its Medium Term Corporate Plan issued June 19, 2009. As a result, the JAL Group will discontinue operations on 8 international and 8 domestic routes, as well as 1 cargo route. Flight frequency on 2 international routes will also be reduced, and the total effect of these changes is a trim down of 61, 91 and 3 weekly return flights in the international, domestic and cargo networks respectively.
In summary, within the three fiscal half-years of April 2009 to September 2010, reductions and suspensions were decided to be carried out on a total of 13 international, 15 domestic and 2 cargo routes, along with the closure of 4 overseas and 2 domestic offices.
Aircraft used on a total of 5 routes will be also be downsized as JAL progressively renews its fleet with more fuel-efficient aircraft.
International Passenger Operations
Route Suspension
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Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Hangzhou |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Dec 7, 2009 |
Closure of Hangzhou office |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Hangzhou |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Dec 7, 2009 |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Qingdao |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Dec 7, 2009 |
Closure of Qingdao office |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Xiamen |
Service suspension of 3 weekly flights |
Dec 7, 2009 |
Closure of Xiamen office |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Busan |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Hanoi |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Jan 12, 2010 |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Singapore = Kuala Lumpur |
Service suspension of 7 weekly flights |
Jan 17, 2010 |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Vancouver = Mexico City |
Service suspension of 2 weekly flights
|
Jan 18, 2010 |
Closure of Mexico City office |
Suspensions already announced: Osaka (Kansai) = London, Incheon, Dalian, and Nagoya (Chubu) = Paris, Incheon (5 routes / 35 weekly flights)
Decrease in flight frequency
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Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Taipei |
Decrease flight frequency from 28 to 21 flights per week. |
Dec 7, 2009 |
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Tokyo (Narita) = London |
Decrease flight frequency from 14 to 7 flights per week. |
Dec 7, 2009 |
Reductions already announced: Tokyo (Narita) = New York, Bangkok, Guangzhou, Incheon, New Delhi / Osaka (Kansai) = Guangzhou, Shanghai / Nagoya (Chubu) = Guangzhou / Tokyo (Haneda) = Hong Kong (9 routes / 47 weekly flights)
Increase in flight frequency
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Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
|
Tokyo (Narita) = Vancouver |
Increase flight frequency from 5 to 7 flights per week. |
Jan 18, 2010 |
Increments already announced: Tokyo (Haneda) = Beijing (1 route / 7 weekly flights)
Aircraft Change
|
Route |
Current aircraft |
Aircraft after change |
Date effective |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Taipei (JL645/646) |
767-300ER |
737-800 |
December 7, 2009 |
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Nagoya (Chubu) = Taipei (JL655/656) |
767-300ER |
737-800 |
December 7, 2009 |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Taipei (653/652) |
767-300ER |
737-800 |
January 12, 2010 |
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Osaka (Kansai) = Beijing |
767-300ER |
737-800 |
January 12, 2010 |
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Tokyo (Narita) = Hong Kong (JL735/736) |
747-400 |
767-300ER |
January 12, 2010 |
Domestic Passenger Operations
Route Suspension
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
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Nagoya (Chubu) = Kumamoto |
Service suspension of 2 daily flights |
February 1, 2010 |
Included in FY09 Plans |
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Tokyo (Haneda) = Kobe |
Service suspension of 2 daily flights |
April 1, 2010 |
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Nagoya (Chubu) = Iwate-hanamaki |
Service suspension of 2 daily flights |
May 6, 2010 |
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Nagoya (Chubu) = Kushiro |
Service suspension of 1 daily flights |
May 6, 2010 |
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Kitakyushu = Okinawa (Naha) |
Service suspension of 1 daily flights |
May 6, 2010 |
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Kobe = Sapporo |
Service suspension of 2 daily flights |
June 1, 2010 |
Closure of Kobe office |
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Kobe = Okinawa (Naha) |
Service suspension of 2 daily flights |
June 1, 2010 |
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Kobe = Ishigaki |
Service suspension of 1 daily flights |
June 1, 2010 |
Suspensions already announced: Osaka (Kansai) = Memanbetsu, Obihiro, Kushiro, Aomori, Asahikawa / Okinawa (Naha) = Aguni (Closure of Aguni office) / Osaka (Itami) = Tanegashima (7 routes / 9 daily flights)
Cargo Operations
Route Suspension
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Tokyo (Narita) = Qingdao |
Service suspension of 3 weekly flights |
December 7, 2009 |
Closure of Qingdao office |
Suspensions already announced: Tokyo (Narita) = London (1 route / 3 weekly flights)
JAL apologizes for any inconvenience caused as a result of the above changes and seeks the kind understanding of its passengers as the airline strives toward improving profitability with continued emphasis on providing valuable customers with the highest levels of safety, on-time performance and service.
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