The JAL Group reduced capacity on a portion of its international routes in April and May this year, decreasing flight frequencies and changing fleet plans in order to secure profitability as travel demand declined following the Great East Japan Earthquake in March.
Today, JAL announced that it will extend the period of reduction of frequencies on eight international routes and will reduce those on seven domestic routes until near the end of June. A Boeing 767-300ER aircraft will also remain in use for flights JL3087 and JL3082 between Narita and Nagoya instead of the larger 777-300ER during this time. JAL will resume normal schedules of three daily flights to Honolulu and two daily to Shanghai from Tokyo (Narita) from next month, after temporarily suspending one daily flight on each route since April.
JAL will continue monitoring demand and make corresponding adjustments to capacity while maintaining its international network. JAL apologizes for any inconvenience caused and seeks the kind understanding and cooperation of customers affected by the changes.
International Flight Frequency Reduction
Route
Details
Date Effective
Flights Temporarily Suspended
Narita = Beijing
Decrease from 14 to 7 weekly flights
Jun 1 ~ 30, 2011
JL863 & JL864
Narita = Seoul (Incheon)
Decrease from 14 to 7 weekly flights
Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
JL951 & JL954
Narita = Hong Kong
Decrease from 7 to 0 weekly flights
(Flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Hong Kong will operate as scheduled)
From Narita: Jun 1 ~ 29, 2011
From Hong Kong: Jun 2 ~ 30, 2011
JL735 & JL736
Narita = Busan
Decrease from 14 to 7 weekly flights
From Narita: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Busan: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
JL969 & JL960
Haneda = Seoul (Gimpo)
Decrease from 21 to 14 weekly flights
From Haneda: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Gimpo: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
JL095 & JL090
Narita = Taipei (Taoyuan)
Decrease from 14 to 7 weekly flights
From Narita: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Taipei: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
JL809 & JL802
Kansai = Taipei (Taoyuan)
Decrease from 14 to 7 weekly flights
From Kansai: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Taipei: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
JL815 & JL814
Narita = Kaoh Siung
Decrease from 7 to 3 weekly flights
From Narita: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Kaoh Siung: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
JL811 on Mo, Tu, Th, Fr (In operation on
We, Sa, Su)
JL812 on Tu, We, Fr, Sa (In operation on
Mo, Th, Su)
Domestic Flight Frequency Reduction
Route
Details
Flights Temporarily Suspended
Date Effective
Narita = Osaka (Kansai)
Decrease from 1 to 0 daily flights
JL3019
Jun 1 ~ 30, 2011
JL3010
Jun 2 ~ Jul 1, 2011
Haneda = Sapporo
Decrease from 16 to 15 daily flights
JL507
Jun 1 ~ 3, 5, 7 ~ 8, 2011
JL520
May 31 ~ Jun 2, 4, 6, 7, 2011
Haneda = Osaka (Itami)
Decrease from 15 to 14 daily flights
JL137
Jun 4 , 11, 18, 25, 2011
JL104
Jun 5, 12, 19, 26, 2011
Haneda = Fukuoka
Decrease from 18 to 17 daily flights
JL327
Jun 1 ~ 5, 7 ~ 25, 27 ~ 30
JL304
Jun 2 ~ 6, 8 ~ 26, 28 ~ Jul 1, 2011
Haneda = Kagoshima
Decrease from 8 to 7 daily flights
JL1867
Jun 1 ~ 30, 2011
JL1872
Jun 1 ~ 30, 2011
Aircraft Changes
Route
Aircraft Change
Date Effective
Remarks
Narita = Nagoya (Chubu)
*Domestic flight
777-300ERโ767-300ER
From Narita: Jun 1 ~ 23, 2011
From Nagoya: Jun 2 ~ 24, 2011
Changes made to JL3087 & JL3082