JAL Group announces traffic results for 2015 summer vacation period

TOKYO, Japan – JAL Group (JAL) today announced passenger traffic results for the Japanese summer vacation period that spanned from August 7 to August 16, 2015.

TOKYO, Japan – JAL Group (JAL) today announced passenger traffic results for the Japanese summer vacation period that spanned from August 7 to August 16, 2015. JAL carried a total of 274,429 passengers on its international flights during the 10-day stretch, and a total of 1,077,553 passengers domestically.

With 1.6% less seats offered on international routes this year, the number of passengers carried by JAL to and from overseas rose 1.7%, leading to raise the seat load factor 2.9 points to 91.6% compared to the same period last year. JAL also operated a total of eight extra flights to destinations in Hawaii, and two chartered flights to Hawaii during this peak season.

Domestically, the number of passengers increased 3.8% in comparison to the same period last year. The overall load factor rose by approx. 2.3 percentage points to 77.9%. JAL also operated 44 extra flights, mainly to popular destinations like Okinawa and Sapporo during this summer vacation.

2015 Summer Vacation Period: Passenger Traffic Results

JAL Group International Traffic Result August 7 – August 16, 2015
JAL
Routes Available Seat
Change on 2014 (%) Passenger Total Pax Change
on 2014 (%) Seat Load factor (%)

Transpacific 17.9 36,180 18.2 92.9
Europe 1.3 25,462 2.9 95.0
S.E. Asia -2.0 63,713 5.2 91.1
Oceania 3.3 5,172 4.4 91.9
China -7.9 58,332 -1.0 91.8
South Korea -17.5 22,931 -16.0 90.3
Taiwan -0.8 27,004 0.1 90.3
Hawaii 3.8 31,268 -0.8 90.3
Guam 0.3 4,367 -0.8 92.1
TOTAL -1.6 274,429 1.7 91.6

JAL Group Domestic Traffic Result August 7 – August 16, 2015
Available Seat
Change on 2014 (%) Passenger Total Pax Change
on 2014 (%) Seat load factor %

JAL/J-AIR 1.1 920,827 4.3 78.4
JTA -5.0 88,394 -1.2 84.0
RAC -7.8 12,223 -5.0 79.4
JAC 4.4 51,189 6.2 64.5
HAC 0.7 4,920 1.3 62.8
TOTAL 0.1 1,077,553 3.8 77.9

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