Press Release
JAL Group Announces Route, Fleet and Flight Frequency Plans for FY2011
Tokyo, January 20, 2011: JAL Group (JAL) today announced its international and domestic route, fleet and flight frequency plans for fiscal year 2011. Based on recent market demand and supply, JAL made changes to its aircraft schedule, route and flight frequency plans to improve customers’ choice and convenience, aligned with the goals of the network policies established in the reorganization plan.
On the international network, flight frequency between Tokyo (Narita) and Moscow will increase to 3 services a week from March 27, 2011. To meet a robust travel demand between Tokyo (Haneda) and Honolulu, a larger aircraft has also been assigned to fly that route from March 27. Meanwhile, customers on flights connecting Tokyo (Narita) and Jakarta will continue to be served onboard the currently-scheduled Boeing 777-300ER fitted with the airline’s latest in-flight seats - JAL SUITE in first class, JAL SHELL FLAT NEO in executive, and the award-winning JAL SKY SHELL seat in premium economy service.
Domestically, starting from the summer schedule of 2011, JAL subsidiary Japan Air Commuter (JAC) will inaugurate flights from Fukuoka to two southern islands in Japan - Amami-oshima and Yakushima. The latter, to the south of Kyushu, is famed for its age-old forest which was named a World Heritage Site in 1993. JAC is the only commercial airline with scheduled flights to Yakushima airport and already flies there daily from Kagoshima and Osaka (Itami).
Additionally, to effectively maximize the use of expanded availability of slots at Tokyo’s Haneda airport, JAL will increase the number of daily flights from Tokyo’s Haneda airport to 6 select domestic destinations. Daily frequency of flights on 11 other routes will also be raised during this seasonally high traffic half of the year.
International Flight Frequency Increase
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Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Days of Operation |
|
Narita = Moscow |
Increase from 2 to 3 weekly roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Mo, Th (NEW) , Sat |
Aircraft Change on International Routes
|
Route |
Current Aircraft |
Aircraft after change |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Narita = Vancouver |
777-200ER |
767-300ER |
Mar 27, 2011 |
JL018/JL017 |
|
Haneda = Honolulu |
767-300ER |
777-200ER |
Mar 27, 2011 |
JL080 / 089 |
Trans-Pacific Joint Business
As announced on January 11, 2011, Japan Airlines and American Airlines will begin their joint business from April 1 this year. The airlines will coordinate to offer customers better flight schedules, improved flight connections and increased number of codeshare flights to expand their network and significantly raise customer convenience.
** NEW DOMESTIC ROUTES**
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Operator |
|
Fukuoka = Amami-oshima |
Increase from 0 to 1 daily roundtrip flight |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Japan Air Commuter |
|
Fukuoka = Yakushima |
Increase from 0 to 1 daily roundtrip flight |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Japan Air Commuter |
Domestic Flight Frequency Increase
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Haneda = Hiroshima |
Increase from 6 to 8 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
|
|
Haneda = Yamaguchiube |
Increase from 3 to 4 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
|
|
Haneda = Nagasaki |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
|
|
Haneda = Miyazaki |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
|
|
Haneda = Kagoshima |
Increase from 7 to 8 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27~ Oct 29, 2011 |
|
|
Haneda = Okinawa |
Increase from 12 to 13 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27~ Oct 29, 2011 |
14 daily flights during Aug 1 ~ Aug 31, 2011 and Oct 1~ Oct 29, 2011 |
|
Osaka (Kansai) = Sapporo |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
May 1~ Sep 30,2011 |
|
|
Osaka (Kansai) = Okinawa |
Increase from 3 to 4 daily roundtrip flights |
May 7~ May 31,2011 |
|
|
Sapporo = Memanbetsu |
Increase from 1 to 2 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
4 daily flights between Jul 7~ Aug 31, 2011 |
|
Sapporo = Aomori |
Increase from 3 to 4 daily roundtrip flights |
Jul 7~ Aug 31, 2011 |
|
|
Sapporo = Hanamaki |
Increase from 2 to 3 daily roundtrip flights |
Jul 7~ Aug 31, 2011 |
|
|
Sapporo = Sendai |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Jul 7~ Aug 31, 2011 |
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|
Osaka (Itami) = Izumo |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Operated by Japan Air Commuter |
|
Fukuoka = Matsuyama |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
|
|
Kagoshima = Tokunoshima |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Aug 1~ Aug 28, 2011 |
|
|
Nagoya (Chubu) = Okinawa |
Increase from 2 to 4 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Operated by Japan Transocean Air |
|
Fukuoka = Okinawa |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
7 daily flights between Jul 15 ~ Aug 31, 2011 Operated by Japan Transocean Air |
Domestic Flight frequency Decrease
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Haneda = Osaka (Kansai) |
Decrease from 3 daily and 2 weekly, to 3 daily and 1 weekly roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Remaining once weekly flight departs Haneda on Friday and Kansai on Saturday. |
|
Fukuoka = Kagoshima |
Decrease from 5 to 3 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
Operated by Japan Air Commuter |
|
Fukuoka = Miyazaki |
Decrease from 10 to 9 daily roundtrip flights |
Mar 27, 2011 |
· All above schedules are subject to government approval.
· Hokkaido Air Commuter (HAC) will cease to be a subsidiary of the JAL Group by the end of this fiscal year (2010). The company’s route, flight frequency and fleet plans for fiscal year 2011 are not included in this release. Reservations and boarding procedures for HAC flights will remain unchanged from current handling for the time being. For details, visit http://www.hac-air.co.jp/.
· Operations of current JAL Express flights will be jointly undertaken by Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. and J-Air Corporation from March 27, 2011. Flights will be coded with the “JL” indicator of Japan Airlines International.
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