Press Release
JAL Group 2016 New Year Vacation Period Traffic Results
TOKYO January 4, 2016: JAL Group carried a total of 269,366 passengers on its international flights and 999,413 passengers domestically during the 10-day New Year vacation period in Japan between December 25, 2015 and January 3, 2016.
On International routes, passenger count increased 4.3% versus the same period last year in line with a 2.5% up in the number of available seats. Overall load factor increased 1.4 percentage points to 85.9% on the JAL Group’s international routes when compared to the same period last year.
The number of passengers on domestic routes increased 1.4% while seat capacity has been lowered by 3.1% compared to last year. Overall domestic load factor rose approx. 3.4 percentage points to 76.3% than previous year.
During this period, the JAL Group operated 3 chartered flights to Palau as well as 3 extra flights to Honolulu. Meanwhile, the airline also operated 4 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Sapporo (New Chitose), 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Okinawa (Naha), 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Kagoshima.
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International Traffic Results (Japan departures and arrivals): Dec. 25, 2015 - Jan. 3, 2016 |
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Routes |
Available Seat Change on 2015(%) |
Passenger Total |
Passenger Change on 2015(%) |
Seat Load Factor 2016(%) |
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Transpacific |
+15.1 |
35,146 |
+21.6 |
85.2 |
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Europe |
+5.6 |
20,655 |
-2.2 |
79.6 |
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S.E. Asia |
-1.6 |
64,441 |
+2.7 |
91.5 |
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Oceania |
+3.0 |
4,703 |
+5.5 |
90.7 |
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China |
+10.3 |
62,595 |
+12.4 |
80.3 |
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Korea |
-20.2 |
20,984 |
-16.5 |
91.6 |
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Taiwan |
+1.8 |
27,184 |
-1.9 |
85.1 |
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Hawaii |
-0.4 |
29,347 |
+3.1 |
88.5 |
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Guam |
+0.0 |
4,311 |
+4.8 |
90.9 |
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TOTAL |
+2.5 |
269,366 |
+4.3 |
85.9 |
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Domestic Traffic Results: Dec. 25, 2015 - Jan. 3, 2016 |
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Available Seat Change on 2015(%) |
Passenger Total |
Passenger Change on 2015(%) |
Seat Load Factor 2016(%) |
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JAL / JAIR |
-3.3 |
853,729 |
+1.8 |
77.1 |
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JTA |
-1.3 |
82,378 |
-1.3 |
80.1 |
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RAC |
+3.9 |
12,774 |
-0.4 |
71.7 |
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JAC |
-6.5 |
46,557 |
+0.0 |
61.8 |
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HAC |
+13.3 |
3,975 |
+11.6 |
56.4 |
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TOTAL |
-3.1 |
999,413 |
+1.4 |
76.3 |
JAIR=J Air; JTA=Japan Transocean Air; RAC=Ryukyu Air Commuter; JAC=Japan Air Commuter; HAC=Hokkaido Air System
