JAL to Increase Flight Frequency on China Routes
Japan Airlines | Apr. 26, 2007
JAL has decided to increase the number of flights it operates on China routes from May 31, 2007, responding to strong business and leisure passenger demand to these high growth markets.
From May 31, 2007, JAL will increase flight frequency between Tokyo (Narita) and Guangzhou from 11 to 13 flights per week by adding two additional round-trip services departing Japan on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The airline will start operating an additional 5 round-trip flights on its Tokyo (Narita) - Beijing route from June 2, 2007, increasing flight frequency between the two capital cities from 14 to 19 flights per week.
Also at the beginning of June, JAL will start offering a daily service between Nagoya (Centrair) and the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin, when it increases flight frequency on the route from 5 to 7 flights per week.
To accommodate this latest series of flight frequency increases, JAL will suspend its twice weekly service between Nagoya and Beijing and will adjust just the days of the week it operates flights between Tokyo - Hong Kong route.
As a result, JAL's Japan - China network including code-shares will serve 12 cities in China on 28 routes. The total number of flights offered by JAL between the countries will increase from 276 to 283 flights per week.
From the point of customer convenience and profitability, JAL will continue to expand flight frequency between Japan and the high growth market of China.
As already announced by the airline, out of Osaka JAL also plans to increase flight frequency on routes serving the Chinese cities of Dalian, Hangzhou and Qingdao from July 1, 2007.
Earlier this year, JAL increased flight frequency between Nagoya and Tianjin from 2 to 5 flights per week (from March 1, 2007).