Japan Airlines has just announced
that they have adjusted flight frequency and fleet plans for winter 2010, which
includes cutting services on its international network, domestically it will
increase services from Haneda into 5 of Japans regions.
JAL Group has also announced the
release of its first fully flat reclining seat the JAL Suite on services
between Narita and Jakarta .
Finally JAL group will launch a
new subsidiary airline named JALways that will operate under the JO airline
code, and Japan Airlines will unify its flight code with the new JALways
subsidiary with a new airline code of JL.
The full media release from JAL
Group can be read below:
JAL Group Adjusts Flight Frequency
and Fleet Plans for 2010 Winter Schedule
– Matching supply with demand for improved convenience and profitability
–
Tokyo, August 20, 2010: The JAL Group (JAL) announced today, revisions made to a part of its
route, flight frequency and fleet plan for the winter schedule of fiscal year
2010 based on plans announced on April 28, 2010 which was formulated to achieve
a swift revitalization. Adjustments were made mainly to the flight frequency on
select routes and aircraft downsizing measures to more accurately suit demand
and thereby improve customer convenience as well as profitability.
On its international network, JAL has been downsizing aircraft where appropriate
and also responding keenly to demand. JAL will schedule for the first time, its
latest fully-reclining first class seat – JAL SUITE, on the route between Tokyo
(Narita) and Jakarta from October 31 this year. Also, from December 1, flights
operated by JAL Group subsidiary airline JALways which carry the code “JO”, and
flights operated by main carrier Japan Airlines International (JALI), will be
unified to improve operational efficiency and all flight numbers by both
operators will be marked with “JL” – the flight code of JALI from then on.
Domestically, with the expansion of take-off and landing slots at
Tokyo’s Haneda Airport afforded by the completion of the fourth runway, JAL
will increase the number of daily flights between Haneda and 5 local regions in
Japan.
International Flight Frequency Increase
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Days of Operation |
|
Narita = New Delhi |
Increase |
Oct 31, 2010 |
Tu, Th (New), Fr, Su |
International Flight Frequency Decrease
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Days of Operation |
|
Narita = Moscow |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
Mo, Sa |
Aircraft Change on International Routes
|
Route |
Current Aircraft |
Aircraft after change |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Narita = Jakarta |
777-200ER |
777-300ER |
Oct 31, 2010 |
Installed with first |
|
Narita = Seoul (Incheon) |
777-300ER |
767-300ER |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JL959 / 950 |
|
Narita = Honolulu |
747-400 |
767-300ER |
Mar 1, 2011 |
JL076 / 075 |
|
Narita = Singapore |
777-200ER |
767-300ER |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JL719/712 |
|
Nagoya (Chubu) |
767-300ER |
737-800 |
Oct 1, 2010 |
International Schedule change
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Remarks |
|
Narita – Hanoi |
Narita Narita |
Oct 1 – Oct 30, 2010 |
Days of Op: Mo, We, Fr |
|
Narita |
Days of Op: Tu, Th, Sa, |
||
|
Narita Narita |
Oct 31, 2010 |
Daily |
|
|
Singapore – |
Singapore – 22:15 / Haneda – 05:55 Singapore – 22:00 / Haneda – 05:40 |
Oct 31, 2010 |
Changes made to schedule |
|
Honolulu – Haneda |
Honolulu – 18:25 / Haneda – 22:30 Honolulu – 17:55 / Haneda – 22:00 |
Oct 31 ~ Nov 30, 2010 |
|
|
Honolulu – 17:55 / Haneda – 22:30 Honolulu – 17:25 / Haneda – 22:00 |
Dec 1, 2010 ~ Feb 28, 2011 |
||
|
Honolulu – 18:25 / Haneda – 22:30 Honolulu – 17:55 / Haneda – 22:00 |
Mar 1 ~ Mar 26, 2011 |
Arrival flights from Honolulu to Haneda are now scheduled to be 30
minutes earlier than previously announced on June 30, 2010, expanding the
options for passengers to reach their final destination in Tokyo by public
transport.
Status change
From October 31, 2010, flights connecting Narita with Kansai and Chubu
that have been regarded as international operations will be re-classified as
domestic flights like other feeder services. International passengers can
continue to conveniently transit at Narita from overseas to key Japanese cities
Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa (Naha), Osaka (Kansai) and Nagoya (Chubu) on JAL.
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Current flight number |
New flight number |
|
Narita = Osaka (Kansai) |
International flight to domestic |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JL51 / JL52 |
JL3019 / JL3010 |
|
Narita = Nagoya (Chubu) |
International flight to domestic |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JL53 / JL8405 |
JL3087 / JL3082 |
Domestic Flight Frequency Increase
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Operator |
|
Haneda = Takamatsu |
Increase |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Haneda = Kochi |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Haneda = Matsuyama |
Increase from 5 to 6 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Haneda = Nagasaki |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Haneda = Miyazaki |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Kansai = Sapporo *1 |
Increase from 3 to 4 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Itami = Akita |
Increase from 2 to 3 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Itami = Kagoshima *2 4 |
Increase from 6 to 7 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JEX / JAC => JAC |
|
Sapporo = |
Increase from 1 to 3 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Fukuoka = |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR => |
|
Fukuoka = Izumo |
Increase from 2 to 3 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31 – Nov 30, 2010 Mar 1 – Mar 26, 2011 |
JAC |
|
Fukuoka = |
Increase from 7 to 10 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR / JAC => JAC |
|
Kagoshima = |
Increase from 4 to 5 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAC |
|
Kagoshima = |
Increase from 7 to 8 daily roundtrip flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR / JAC => JAC |
*1 Kansai = Sapporo: 5 daily roundtrip flights till September 30, 2010
and 3 daily roundtrip flights from October 1, 2010.
*2 Itami = Kagoshima: 8 daily roundtrip flights are scheduled from
December 1 to 17, 2010 and from January 5 to February 28, 2011.
*3 Sapporo = Aomori: 2 daily roundtrip flights till September 30, 2010
and 1 daily roundtrip flight between October 1 and 30, 2010.
*4 Change of airline operator to JAC.
Domestic Flight frequency Decrease
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Operator |
|
Haneda = Kansai *1 |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Itami = Fukuoka |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR / JAC => |
|
Kansai = Okinawa (Naha) *2 |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Itami = Niigata |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR / JAC => |
|
Itami = Izumo |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAC |
|
Itami = Oita |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAC |
|
Itami= Kumamoto |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JEX => JAL / JAIR / |
|
Sapporo = |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Nagoya (Chubu) |
Decrease |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR |
|
Nagoya (Komaki) = Kochi *3 |
Decrease |
Mar 1, 2011 |
JAL / JAIR |
*1 Haneda= Kansai: 2 weekly flights depart Haneda on Fridays and Sundays
and from Kansai on Saturdays and Mondays.
*2 Kansai = Okinawa (Naha): 5 daily roundtrip flights till September 30,
2010 and 4 daily roundtrip flights from October 1 to 30, 2010.
*3 Nagoya (Komaki) = Kochi: Route to be
suspended from March 27, 2011.
Change in airline operator
|
Route |
Details |
Date Effective |
Operator |
|
Fukuoka = |
5 daily flights |
Oct 31, 2010 |
JAL / JAIR / JTA => |
(JEX=JAL Express; JTA=Japan Transocean Air; RAC=Ryukyu Air Commuter;
JAC=Japan Air Commuter; HAC=Hokkaido Air System)
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