Press Release
JAL Group Reports Traffic Forecast for 2015 New Year Vacation Period
TOKYO December 12, 2014: Today, JAL Group (JAL) forecasted a total of 432,024 passengers travelling on its international flights during the Japanese New Year vacation period from December 19, 2014 to January 4, 2015 based on current reservation figures. The total number of people travelling to and from Japan is expected to increase 10.2% compared to the same period last year, and the number of available seats is 6.6% up than previous year.
The fully revamped JAL SKY SUITE aircraft have been expanding onto Southeast Asia routes this year, achieving around 89.1% on their passenger bookings, which contributes the overall international booking factor to 84.2%, increased by 2.8 percentage points compared to the same vacation period last year.
On the domestic routes, passenger bookings now is 1,344,662, 1.5% down on last year, while the domestic seat capacity remains at the same level as previous year. The overall booking factor for domestic JAL Group flights at present is 59.0% that is 0.9 percentage points decrease compared to last year.
During 2015 New Year vacation period, JAL will operate 22 chartered flights to Fairbanks, Honolulu, Guam, Saipan and Palau as well as 5 extra flights to Honolulu. Meanwhile, the airline plans to also operate 6 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Sapporo, 12 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Okinawa, 4 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Fukuoka and 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Miyazaki.
JAL Group International Bookings (December 19, 2014 - January 4, 2015) |
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Routes |
Available Seat Change on 2014(%) |
Passenger Numbers |
Pax Change on 2014(%) |
Booking Factor (%) |
Transpacific |
+23.2 |
50,802 |
+14.1 |
82.7 |
Europe |
+12.7 |
35,858 |
+6.1 |
86.2 |
S.E. Asia |
+12.9 |
107,946 |
+18.7 |
89.1 |
Oceania |
+4.5 |
7,626 |
+8.0 |
87.6 |
China |
+6.5 |
88,106 |
+18.2 |
76.5 |
Korea |
-10.8 |
39,294 |
-7.5 |
81.8 |
Taiwan |
+4.1 |
46,369 |
+9.4 |
86.9 |
Hawaii |
-3.3 |
48,483 |
-1.2 |
86.8 |
Guam |
No Change |
7,540 |
+2.5 |
93.6 |
TOTAL |
+6.6 |
432,024 |
+10.2 |
84.2 |
JAL Group Domestic Bookings (December 19, 2014 - January 4, 2015) |
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Available Seat Change on 2014(%) |
Passenger Numbers |
Pax Change on 2014(%) |
Booking Factor (%) |
JAL /JAIR |
+1.0 |
1,161,376 |
-1.0 |
60.0 |
JTA |
-7.4 |
113,869 |
-5.1 |
65.3 |
RAC |
+11.8 |
14,132 |
+19.7 |
47.9 |
JAC |
-5.9 |
55,285 |
-7.6 |
39.9 |
TOTAL |
No Change |
1,344,662 |
-1.5 |
59.0 |
JAIR=J Air; JTA=Japan Transocean Air; RAC=Ryukyu Air Commuter; JAC=Japan Air Commuter