Japanair News

matthewchan · September 19, 2016, 9:05am

Japanair News

[19/9/2016 17:25, Tokyo, Japan]

'We are very happy to launch our airline in this very exciting era after just forming our company in such a short period of time.' said CEO of this new and promising Japanese airline, Mr. Matthew Chan. Japanair, just formed on last Saturday, has organized their opening ceremony at Gate 14 of Tokyo International airport (also known as Haneda Airport) Terminal 1. Their inaugural flight of the company, JL123 flying to Okayama with 30 passengers on board their brand new E170 aircraft, also received welcoming present from the CEO and took photos in a warm and cheerful atmosphere.

Japanair, currently leased 5 airplanes, 2 second-hand Airbus 320, and 3 brand new Embraer 170. Each containing both business and economy class with 8/60 and 18/144 configuration respectively. The company will soon demonstrate their two distinguished class to the general public.

Japanair is an fast and expanding airline right now focusing on their own Japan domestic market, with 14 destinations on the three major islands fromHaneda Airport. Their flight destinations and flight schedule are shown as follow:

Tokyo (Haneda) to Hokkaido

2x daily : Sapporo (Chitose), Hakodate,

1x daily : Kushiro (via CTS)

Tokyo (Haneda) to Honshu

2x daily : Osaka (Kansai), Osaka (Itami), Akita, Shonai,

11x weekly: Okayama,

10x weekly: Hiroshima, Tottori,

1x daily : Hachijojima

Tokyo (Haneda) to Shikoku

2x daily : Takamatsu, Tokushima

'We will present our routes with detailed timing and schedule on different advertisement later on to be shown in local and international newspapers, magazine, website across Japan. Our extensive network allow passengers not only travelling directly from Shikoku or Hakkido to Tokyo, but also allowing transfer from one to another.' Mr Chan said. 'ANd we will not be satisfied so easily, and eagerly looking foward to include more destinations in our route map. Currently planning to Kyushu, and even international destinations.'

'One of the distinct advantage of our airline is we are basing in Haneda airport (Tokyo International Airport), with the proximity to Tokyo city centre. So our first campaign is to marked that you can travel to and from the airport to Tokyo city centre and almost everywhere in about 25-40 minutes either on train, car or public buses.'

Japanair, the fastest expanding airline, will also hope to seek for interlining opportunities with other internation airlines flying into Haneda Airport.

'We hope to see you soon on our flights. Thank you everyone for attending our ceremony.'

*All flights are at 5% discout now, check your local travel agency now!

<p><span style="font-weight:bold;">Tokyo (Haneda) to Hakkido</span></p>

matthewchan · September 20, 2016, 3:40pm

[21/9/2016 00:06 Sapporo, Hokkaido]

To celebrate Japanair expand their operations to Sapporo, Hokkaido on just the very next day of their inaugural flight, they also launched a petite welcoming ceremony in Chitose Airport, Sapporo. Being the second largest station just after Japanair's base Tokyo International Airport, the company will have 28 weekly departures from the Hokkaido's largest airport.

'We are vert excited to have our flights into Sapporo, the very popular tourist place among both local and international visitors. They love the Odori Park view, Sapporo clock tower and those extremely fresh sashimi and other local cuisine.' the CEO of Japanair, Mr Matthew Chan said during the ceremony. 'We continue to expand our service into Hokkaido and hope to transform Sapporo station as our transfer point for passengers going to various cities in Hokkaido from Tokyo, Osaka and beyond,'

The schedule of flight towards and from Sapporo are listed as follow:

Between Tokyo Haneda (HND) and Sapporo Chitose (CTS)

Between Osaka Itami (ITM) and Sapporo Chitose (CTS)

Between Tokushima (TKS), Tottori (TIJ), Okayam (OKJ) and Sapporo Chitose (CTS)

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on our Japanair Flight.

matthewchan · September 21, 2016, 10:24am

* Tickets can be issued on our official website, and in both local and international travel agency across Asia Pacific. We hope to see you soon on Japanair's flight.

[21/09/2016 19:14 Nagoya, Aichi Perfecture, Japan]

Japanair announced new domestic destination - Nagoya (Chubu International Airport) as their 14th destination across Japan, with the news of their 6th plane, 3rd Airbus 320 arrived in their fleet. Starting from 24 Sept, 2016, Nagoya will be served by 14x weekly flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and 1x Daily direct flights between Sapporo (Chitose). Economy/Business class tickets are on sale from AS$87 and $161 respectively.

There are rumors that Japanair will soon launch their first international route to cities in China, but the spokeperson refuse to respond, and said that they are always seizing opportunties to expand to network, but in domestic points or international cities.

ChristianPalsson · September 21, 2016, 12:24pm

Nice airline you got there. I really like the way you release information with all the frequencies and prices mentioned just make it more professional. Though I am worried about your seat load factor which from what I can see is only 61%. And your largest and only competitor to worry about is a skilled player and knows what he is doing. Anyways, good luck and have a fun end to your first week :).

matthewchan · September 25, 2016, 4:32pm

matthewchan · October 24, 2016, 3:40pm

[25/10/2016 01:29 Tokyo, Japan]

'It has been a long time we have not launch any promotion, but we are not stepping back, we are doing our job very hard.' The CEO of Japanair Mr Matthew Chan talked in the inauguration flight ceremony to Obihiro, Hokkaido, yesterday in Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).

With the newly leased Embraer 175, same as the two previous ones configured with 68 economic class and 8 business class seats, Japanair introduced two new domestic destinations : Kobe and Obihiro. 'We are very happy to receive more planes, that can allow us to expand our network into every part of Japan. Adding another new destination in Hokkaido, the favorite part of Japan with local and foreign tourists, our extensive network now currently covers 5 destinations in Hokkaido. Now, it is Autumn time, and everybody loves to travel to Hokkaido to witness the first autumn leaves full of red, yellow and orange colour, following from the huge maple tree. Japanair takes passengers to visit the famous parks including Midorigaoka Park in Obihiro and Kushiro Marsh, which are also featured in our latest campaign for Discovering Hokkaido in Autumn.'

Flight Information:

From Tokyo (Haneda)

Obihiro - 2x Daily <- *New Direct Flight (AS$120/$262)

Sapporo (Chitose) - 2x Daily (AS$117/$267)

Hakodate - 3x Daily (AS$106/$251)

From Nagoya

Sapporo (Chitose) - 1x Daily (AS$123/$285)

From Osaka (Itami)

Sapporo (Chitose) - 1x Daily (AS$126/$290)

From Tokyo (Haneda) • Osaka (Itami) • Nagoya - via Sapporo

Kushiro - 4x Weekly (AS$204/$423)

Asahikawa - 3x Weekly (AS$202/$399)

Flight Schedule

* Please refer to previous promotion or leaflet for HND/ITM/NGO - CTS flight schedule.

*The departure time and arrival time for flight JL311, JL312 and JL314 has shifted 5 minutes earlier.

* In promotion period (now - 31/12/1016), a free night of hotel in Sapporo City will be given to transfer passengers from Kushiro or Ashikawa to Osaka (Itami) or Nagoya

+1 refers to arrival on the next day

'We will be soon launching other promotion and another another wave of advertisement. We are always looking for opportunities to expand our route map, including international flights. Stay tuned and we will provide the most update information.'

Japanair now serves to 23 domestic destinations with 11 aircrafts, fly with us. All tickets can be purchasd in local and foreign travel agency and through our online website. Sales till 31/12/2016.

From Osaka (Itami)

RoyRoy · October 24, 2016, 8:03pm

beautful PRs, hopefully i will expand my network to Japan next, hopefully we can co-operate.

great work with your airline

regards

Adam

FlyFilo · November 24, 2016, 3:35pm

cool :)

matthewchan · December 23, 2016, 7:37pm

It has been a long time that I havn't done any PR, and thanks everybody for reading this post. I have more time now so I would carry on to do more news release from now.

matthewchan · December 23, 2016, 7:42pm

[24/12/2016 02:25 Tokyo, Japan]

'Although we have not been updating and publishing promotional materials towards public, we have been steadily expanding our fleet, improving our network and growing our airline business. I am very please to inform all of you that we are going INTERNATIONAL starting from now on.' The CEO of Japanair Mr Chan said in the ceremony for their inauguration international flight JL505 to Taipei Taoyuan.

'With the addition of our third type of plane Avro Regionaljet RJ85 (AR8), six of them, installed with 8 lie-flat 160 bed as first class, 8 typical business class and 50 enhanced, more comfortable economy class, we are able to add 3 new international destination to our current network.' Japanair is currently serving 30 domestic destinations, plus the 3 new ports, it will be a total of 33 airports served by 24 aircraft in the fleet. 'Although the aircraft is petite, and people said it looks so different from the traditional jet, which is true because it's wing is above the cabin. With the very close but enhanced, more comfortable 3-class layout, no matter you are our prestige passengers, or just leisure travelers, you will definitely enjoy a very pleasant journey to overseas countries and cities starting with the hardware, plus our staff and other in-flight services.' More information about the new 3-class layout will be advertised later on.

'Also, the small capacity per flight allow us to increase the frequency with a range of departure time, passengers can easily find the most suitable one for their own schedule. They can choose red-eye or morning flight if they want to make full use of the day, or wants to return Japan late to have more time travelling around so picking a late afternoon flight, this huge variety can allow passengers to choose. Passengers from different part of Japan can also connect with flights to international destinations, and choose the flight which fit the transfer schedule with our extensive domestic network, especially Osaka and Sapporo'

Flight Information:

To Taipei (Taoyuan), Taiwan

3x Daily (AS$190/$498/$947)

To Seoul (Incheon), South Korea

3x Daily (AS$147/$369/$669)

To Hangzhou, China

2x Daily (AS$187/$446/$802)

Flight Schedule:

*All time are shown in local time : Tokyo, Seoul (UTC +9), Hangzhou Taipei (UTC +8)

+1 refers to arrival on next day

'More option will be provided for tourist wanting to go to other places to enjoy their Christmas and New Year holiday, ranging from shopping and visiting cultural historical places in Seoul, tasting local delicious cuisine and street food in night market of Taipei, to viewing the excellent natural scenery of West Lake in Hangzhou. We are really happy to serve local passengers out of Japan.'

Japanair will still be seizing every opportunity to get more aircraft and expand our network to both domestic cities and international airports.

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.

matthewchan · December 25, 2016, 6:12pm

[26/12/2016 02:07 Tokyo, Japan]

Japanair wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

On the 23rd of December, 2016, just 1 day after the three months old airline starting their first flight service, Japanair receives and serves the 1,000,000 passenger. It is a huge achievement for the 5th largest airline based in Tokyo Haneda Airport just after a short period of time. ‘We are very proud of what we have already achieved and expanded. Currently, we got 25 planes serving 30 domestic and 3 international destinations, we are arguably the fastest growing airline in Japan now. We seize every chance to get new planes and expand our network.' Mr Matthew Chan, the CEO of Japanair from Hong Kong said during the interview in his office.

'We take every criticism, we heard that customers complaining our aircraft too old, we admit that some of our leased planes are second hand and at the later stage of the lifecycle, but we ensured that all the big birds are safe too fly, we also rearranged the cabin settings and installed new seats and galley inside those planes. Nevertheless, with these planes, we can provide cheaper air tickets to passengers, expand faster and give more options for them to choose in terms of destinations.' The average age of Japanair's fleet is 16 years, mainly second hand planes from other airlines and airbus company.

Japanair also announced new flight schedule changes due to acquiring two new Embraer170LR (E170) to replace the temporary leased Embraer145ER/LR (E145), that means additional 20 economy seats can be provided per flight. We also received a new Airbus320-200 light, the 5th within their fleet.

Changes are listed as below. (All flights provide Business and Economy class only unless otherwise specified)

Schedule Changes

From Tokyo (Haneda)

3x Daily: Kita Kyushu, Okayama (from E145 to E170)

9x Daily : Osaka (Kansai) (from E170/E175 to all A320/A321/AR8(FCY))

Tokyo (Haneda) - Hachijojima (from 2x daily to 10x weekly, E145 to E170)

JL1293 HND0910 - 0955HAC E170 Daily JL1294 HAC1035 - 1120HND E170 Daily

JL1291 HND2045 - 2130HAC E170 246 JL1292 HAC2205 - 2250HND E170 246

Tokyo (Haneda) - Iwakuni (from E145 to E170/E175)

JL135 HND0235 - 0350IWK E170 Daily JL136 IWK0445 - 0600HND E170 Daily

*JL137 HND2340 - 0055+1IWK E175 Daily *JL138 IWK0550 - 0705HND E175 Daily

* JL137 will depart and arrive 5 minutes late on JL137 every Tue/Thur/Sat

* JL138 will depart and arrive 60 minutes earlier on JL138 every Wed/Fri/Sun

Tokyo (Haneda) - Toyama (from 11x weekly to 17x weekly, A320/E145 to E170/E175)

JL171 HND0645 - 0730TOY E175 Daily JL172 TOY0810 - 0855HND E175 Daily

JL175 HND1020 - 1105TOY E170 123456 JL174 TOY1145 - 1230HND E170 123456

JL173 HND2045 - 2130TOY E170 1356 JL176 TOY2205 - 2250HND E170 1357

Additional Services

Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Itami) (from 8x Daily to 9x Daily)

JL17 HND1730 - 1825ITM 320 Daily JL18 ITM1920 - 2015HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagoya (Chubu) (from 30x Weekly to 37x Weekly)

JL195 HND0105 - 0155NGO 320 257 JL196 NGO0250 - 0340HND 320 257

JL193 HND1120 - 1210NGO 320 2467 JL194 NGO1720 - 1810HND 320 2467

Tokyo (Haneda) - Kochi (from 2x Daily to 3x Daily)

JL375 HND1200 - 1310KCZ E175 Daily JL376 KCZ1405 - 1520HND E175 Daily

New Services

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagasaki

JL461 HND1215 - 1350NGS 320 Daily JL462 NGS1455 - 1630HND 320 Daily

Fukuoka - Kagoshima

JL4051 FUK1425 - 1506KOJ AR8 FCY 13467 JL4052 KOJ1605 - 1646KOJ AR8 FCY 13467

The flight to Nagasaki marked it as the 30th domestic destination for Japanair. Passengers from Tokyo, Okinawa or Hokkaido to go to the historical and meaningful city in Kyushu, to visit the Gunkanjima and Peace Park.

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*All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.

<p><u><strong>Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Itami)&nbsp;</strong></u>(from 8x Daily to 9x Daily)</p>

matthewchan · December 27, 2016, 3:59pm

[28/12/2016 00:32 Tokyo, Japan]

After just 3 days after the announcement of Japanair going international, the Tokyo Haneda based airline launches two mid-haul routes to the largest South East Asia cities: Bangkok, the capital of Thailand and Singapore (Changi). Being the two longest route of the airline, they are served by the two newly leased Airbus300-600R (AB6). These two aircraft are the first two widebody of Japanair's 26th and 27th plane in it's fleet. The cabin is installed with 8 first class open suite, 30 (2-2-2) almost horizontal bed (lie-flat 160) as business class, and 133 (2-3-2) comfortable economy seats.

'We welcome the the first two widebody in our fleet, the Airbus300, a very classical but dedicated plane, installed with very premium cabin configuration and seats, and are very glad to open two 6 hours plus flights two of the largest cities in Asia with this plane. This two features combined aim to provide the best travel experience for all our Japanair passengers, and provide more connection and travel choices to our customers.' Mr Chan said in the inaugural flight ceremony for the two flights co-held in Haneda Airport Terminal 1.

Flight Schedule:

Tokyo (Haneda) - Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi)

Tokyo (Haneda) - Singapore (Changi)

+1 indicates arrival on the next day

*All time are shown in local time : Tokyo (UTC +9), Singapore (UTC +8), Bangkok (UTC +7)

The flight schedule is carefully planned and depart at night, similar time. It allows passengers from more than 10 domestic and international flights to connect with this two routes to the South East Asian capital, including from Sapporo, Okinawa, Fukuoka and Seoul. It also allow travelers to better utilize their precious time and rest on our premium configured cabin and the most comfortable seats among our fleet during mid-night in flight. They can then perform their activities next morning on time. The return flights arrive Haneda Airport around mid-day and provide seamless connection to different Japanair's destination including Sapporo, Okinawa and Osaka.

The Cabin

Airbus 300-600R (AB6)

First Class

- First Open Suite in Japanair's fleet

- 83 inch seat pitch

- Convertible to full bed

- Private 20 inch personal in-flight entertainment monitor

- 3-course dinner and breakfast are provided (breakfast and lunch)

- Gourmet snacks, alcohol, drinks and ice cream provided at all time

- Overnight kit, pillow, blanket and reusable slippers

- Priority check-in and boarding

- 3 32kg check-in baggages, and 2 10kg carry on baggage

- 200% miles*

Business Class

The new business class, is the more premium among all other planes, which can be converted to a feel-like-flat comfortable bed. The new skeleton design provide more privacy for buiness passenegers during flight.

- 64 inch seat pitch

- Convertible to 160 degree (almost flat) bed

- Private 14 inch in-flight entertainment monitor

- Warm 2-course dinner and breakfast are provided (breakfast and lunch)

- Sweets, alcohol and drinks and provided at all time

- Overnight kit, pillow and blanket

- Priority check-in and boarding

- 2 32kg check-in baggages, and 1 10kg carry on baggage

- 150% miles*

Economy Class

The new economy class first time feature a personal in-flight entertainment system in this class. The seat pitch is wilder among other planes.

- 32 inch seat pitch

- Private 8 inch in-flight entertainment monitor

- Sandwich and warm supper (breakfast) are provided

- Soft drink and beers provided at all time

- Pillow and blanket for overnight flight

- 2 23kg check-in baggages, and 1 10kg carry on baggage

- 100% miles*

*The miles run and frequent flyer programme will be introduce later on and are preliminary

'Again, we seize every chance to expand our fleet and network. With the introduction of the widebody, we will continue to look for more this kind of plane and carry passengers to more international destinations and popular travel cities.'

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.

(Pics are capture online, no copyright is owned)

<p><span style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.&nbsp;</span></p>

matthewchan · January 5, 2017, 7:03pm

[5/1/2017 03:00 Tokyo, Japan]

Stepping into the new year of 2017, Japanair has proudly announced that they have launched their first long-haul route to Sydney. Just after several days the airline commenced their medium haul routes to Bangkok and Singapore, they already have such a big move into another continent of the world, Oceania.

'We have been thinking which place we should launch a new international route to, that can serve all our Japanese and international travelers. After careful planning, we decided to open a route into Australia, a very popular tourist choice, and Sydney, being the largest, busiest and most visited city in the country.' The CEO of Japanair, Mr Chan said in the press conference. No matter you are a business traveler that are required to have meetings overseas, or just leisure travelers, or connecting passengers from our extensive domestic and international network, you can still enjoy the premium service and hardware provided by our flight. Now you will have more choices, not only deciding on what carrier you travel with, and also what to spend your time for holiday.

The flight will be operated by the company's third and newly acquired Airbus 300-600R , with the same configuration as the other two, providing 8 open suite first class, 30 lie-flat bed business class and 133 new and comfortable economy class with personal IFE, carrying a total of 171 passengers per flight. 1 hot and 1 cold meal will be provided during the 10-hours and 20-minutes flight (2 3-course hot meal for first class) alongside with different kind of snacks, drinks, and range of alcohol.

Flight Schedule:

Tokyo (Haneda) - Sydney (Kingsford Smith)

+1 indicates arrival on the next day

*All time are shown in local time : Tokyo (UTC +9), Sydney (UTC+10)

The night time departure allow passengers to get a rest right after boarding on the plane and provide seamless connection from a lot of domestic and international destinations. The afternoon return flight, which land at night in Tokyo not only allow you to enjoy your last bite moment in Sydney, Australia, but can also connect to other Japanese and Asian cities as well.

Japanair, currently the 4th largest airline basing in Tokyo Haneda International Airport, is always loking for oppurtunities to expand.

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.

Connecting Schedule:

matthewchan · January 8, 2017, 4:46pm

[8/1/2017 23:45 Tokyo, Japan]

Stepping into 2017, besides opening the first rote out of Asia into Sydney, Australia, and two 6 hours + mid-haul routes connecting between the Asian capitals Bangkok and Singapore, Japanair also rapidly expended their route network by actively leasing out second-hand aircraft. Just within the last two weeks, the airline received 5 Airbus 320 (light/heavy), 2 Airbus 321 (-100/200) and 1 Avro Regiojet85, composing a fleet of 36 aircraft with an average of 17 years old. With this expansion, Japanair launched six new destinations, and 2 being international one includes Jeju Island South Korea and Dalian in China. Thus, Japanair now operates flight into 8 destination (plus one seasonal) and 34 domestic Japanese cities.

New Destinations and Schedule

+1 indicates arrival on the next day

*All time are shown in local time : Tokyo, Jeju(UTC +9), Dalian (UTC+8)

Schedule Update

Tokyo (Haneda) - Sapporo (Chitose) (from 7x Daily to 12x Daily)

JL311 HND0435 - 0600CTS AB6 Daily JL312 CTS0700 - 0830HND AB6 Daily

JL319 HND0440 - 0605CTS 321 Daily JL320 CTS0705 - 0830HND 321 Daily

JL305 HND1315 - 1440CTS AB6 Daily JL306 CTS1020 - 1145HND AB6 Daily

JL317 HND1630 - 1755CTS 320 Daily JL310 CTS1845 - 2010HND 320 Daily

JL323 HND1840 - 2005CTS 321 Daily JL324 CTS2105 - 2230HND 321 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Kansai) (from 9x Daily to 14x Daily, JL39/40/41/42 upgrade from AR8 to 320)

JL57 HND0030 - 0125KIX 321 Daily JL38 KIX0135 - 0230HND 321 Daily

JL55 HND0150 - 0245KIX 320 Daily JL58 KIX0235 - 0330HND 321 12345

JL45 HND0935 - 1030KIX AB6 Daily JL56 KIX0345 - 0440HND 320 Daily

JL49 HND1455 - 1550KIX AB6 Daily JL46 KIX1130 - 1225HND AB6 3567

JL46 KIX1205 - 1300HND AB6 124

JL37 HND2335 - 0030+1KIX 321 Daily JL50 KIX2040 - 2135HND AB6 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Itami) (from 9x Daily to 12x Daily, JL5/6 upgrade from AR8 to 320)

JL23 HND0735 - 0830ITM 321 Daily JL24 ITM1005 - 1100HND 321 Daily

JL21 HND1515 - 1610ITM 321 Daily JL22 ITM1715 - 1810HND 321 12345

JL22 ITM1800 - 1855HND 321 67

JL19 HND2030 - 2125ITM 321 Daily JL20 ITM2225 - 2320HND 321 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagoya (Chubu) (from 39x Weekly to 53x Weekly)

JL199 HND0215 - 0305NGO 320 Daily JL200 NGO0400 - 0450HND 320 Daily

JL197 HND0340 - 0430NGO 321 Daily JL198 NGO0540 - 0630HND 321 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Fukuoka (from 5x Daily to 6x Daily)

JL411 HND2100 - 2225FUK 320 Daily JL412 CTS2320 - 0050HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Hiroshima (from 2x Daily to 4x Daily)

JL105 HND0540 - 0655HIJ 320 Daily JL106 HIJ1410 - 1525HND 320 Daily

JL107 HND1740 - 1855HIJ 320 Daily JL108 HIJ2000 - 2115HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Miyazaki (from 2x Daily to 3x Daily)

JL445 HND0430 - 0600KMI AR8 Daily JL446 KMI0645 - 0815HND AR8 357

JL446 KMI0655 - 0825HND AR8 1246

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagasaki (from 1x Daily to 2x Daily)

JL465 HND1200 - 1340NGS AR8 67 JL464 NGS1845 - 2025HND AR8 Daily

JL465 HND1205 - 1345NGS AR8 12345

Tokyo (Haneda) - Shizuoka (Mt. Fuji) (from 1x Daily to 2x Daily)

JL133 HND2225 - 2305FSZ AR8 Daily JL134 FSZ2355 - 0035+1HND AR8 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Kochi (from 1x Daily to 2x Daily)

JL377 HND0450 - 0600KCZ 320 Daily JL378 FSZ0650 - 0800HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Hakodate

(from 3x Daily to 2x Daily, Merged JL335/336 into 333/334, upgraded from Embraer 170/175 into 1x Airbus 320)

Tokyo (Haneda) - Kagoshima/Kobe

(JL453/454 & JL67/68 changed from Airbus 319 into Airbus 320)

The new international route operated by Airbus 320 is a newly configured. Providing 4 Lie-flat 160 bed, 15 Recliner Longhaul business class seat and 126 comfy economy seat, aligned with the current Avro85, providing the same premium services to passengers.

With the huge service update, highlighted by dramatic capacity increase in our trunk routes to Sapporo and Osaka, the Hiroshima, Kochi, Matsumaya routes with flights operated by Airbus 320. Other routes also feature more business and launched first class service to more domestic destination. Passengers from all over Asia, Australia and Japan can connect and stay within the same class even when connecting via Haneda airport on Japanair's flight.

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight. Stay tune for more news and updates.

<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><u><strong>Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagoya (Chubu)&nbsp;</strong></u>(from 39x Weekly to 53x Weekly)</p>
<p style="color:rgb(40,40,40);font-family:helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">JL199 HND0215 - 0305NGO 320 Daily &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; JL200 NGO0400 - 0450HND 320 Daily</p>

matthewchan · January 15, 2017, 4:21pm

[15/1/2017 23:00 Tokyo, Japan]

Japanair announced their first and large scale codeshare agreement with Dubai's second largest airline Aero Paradise. This interlining and codesharing agreement mainly base on the newly added Aero Paradise route from Dubai to Tokyo. Japanair will put their 'JL' code on Aero Paradise operating flights departing from dubai within three hours of the Tokyo - Dubai routes, while Aero Paradise will put their 'EMK' code on flights operating by Japanair with similar conditions.

Tokyo (Haneda) - Dubai (Operate by Aero Paradise)

'We are very happy to sign this deal and be the partner airline of Aero Paradise, a very successful and strong airline base in Middle East. We both are very rapid growing airline, with our 45th airplane is coming into our fleet, Japanair has grown and expanded their network in just three months, reaching more than 10 international destinations as well as possessing an extensive domestic network in Japan. Aero Paradise, is the second largest airline base in Dubai, with it's very unique yet powerful all wide-body fleet. It is just too impressive. With this agreement, we are glad that we enable Japanair's passengers from Japan and east Asian cities like South Korea, Taiwan and eastern China can hop on the flight to Dubai via Tokyo (Haneda) and fly beyond to Europe, Middle East and Africa transferring in the famous Dubai International Airport.'

Japanair codeshare flights departing from Dubai (Operated by Aero Paradise)

Japanair codeshare flights arriving Dubai (Aero Paradise)

All time are shown in local time, +1 indicates arrival on the next day. * indicates longer layover time in Dubai International Airport, in which Japanair will provide meal allowance and shopping vouchers to Economy Class passengers, while a room stay in the transit hotel in the airport will be given to Business and First Class passengers, if you are booking the flights with JL code.

Japanair, with this codeshare network expansion, now fly to Asia, Australia, Europe, Middle East and Africa with one-stop or at maximum two-stop connection to the world's largest city, including London, Paris, Cairo, Johannesburg and Japanair's original destination Sydney, Bangkok and Singapore. It is a huge achievement and great honour to bring Japan tourist and business person to these global mega-cities and places with Japanair and Aero Paradise premium service. East Asian routes also provide 3-class configuration in which first and business class passengers can still stay on the same class throughout the journey.

Aero codeshare flights departing from Dubai

All time are shown in local time, +1 indicates arrival on the next day. * indicates longer layover time in Tokyo Haneda International Airport, in which Japanair will provide meal allowance and shopping vouchers to Economy Class passengers, while a city tour with complementary meals will be given to Business or First Class passengers, if you are booking the flights with JL code.

On the other hand, Aero Paradise passengers from Dubai and beyond can travel to the several Japan domestic cities and the largest one includes Osaka and Nagoya. They can also travel to several East Asia countries and popular tourist destinations including Taipei in Taiwan and Seoul in South Korea.

'This is just the first phase of the huge codeshare agreement. The next phase will focus on flights arriving Dubai and Tokyo (Haneda) which can provide seamless connection on the Tokyo-Dubai route. Then, both airline's network and expand further and provide more convenience to either of our passengers.' The CEO of Japanair Mr Matthew Chan talked in the press conference for this interline agreement announcement.

About Japanair

Japanair is the 4th largest airlie base in Tokyo Haneda International Airport, and is the fastest growing airline across Japan. Japanair launched their service on 17th September, 2016, and their inaugural flight is to Osaka (Itami) carrying 60 passengers. Currently, it has a mixed fleet with 36 regional and narrow bodies with Airbus (320/321) and Avro (R85) plus 3 wide bodies, all being Airbus 300-600 R. Japanair provides a total 44 destinations, with 9 international route (1 seasonal) and 35 domestic cities. Japanair started their first long-haul routes to Sydney, Australia in late December last year, after 3 months of it's inaugural service. Japanair actively looks for opportunity to increase it's fleet and expand their international and domestic network, aiming at providing the most convenient and premium service to it's customers.

About Aero Paradise

Aero Paradise is founded on 18th July, 2016. It is the second largest airline based in Dubai. With it's excellent geographical location, it aims to provide connections between the East (Asia) to West (Europe and beyond). Currently, they are serving 57 stations with their imprssive 85 all wide body fleet. The backbone aircrafts are Boeing 767 and Airbus 340. Recently, they have added the iconic Airbus 380 double decker to some of the largest trunk routes, including London (Heathrow), Manchester. Aero Paradise serves passengers to all the continents including US, Europe, Africa, Australia and Middle East. Aero Paradise provides premium service to all passengers and try to connect the world by allowing global citizens to fly.

*All flights mentioned (codeshared) can be purchased through the two airline's official website.

RoyRoy · January 16, 2017, 9:17am

Brilliant Press release, I am delighted that we have started to expand our co-operation further

matthewchan · February 1, 2017, 6:06am

[31/1/2017 23:35 Tokyo, Japan]

Japanair announced more domestic routes and services updates, as well as talked a bit about the impressive fleet and destination expansion.

Over the past few weeks, Japanair has received more than 25 aircraft into their fleet. Being the fastest growing airline basing in Tokyo (Haneda) Airport, and the 4th in the market share, Japanair received 10 more widebody aircraft (2x Airbus 310-300, 2x Airbus 310-300ET, 2x Airbus 300-600R and 4x Airbus 300-600RHGW). Combined with the current 3 Airbus 300-600R, there are 13 widebody in the company's fleet. 'We are delighted to expand our widebody fleet. It means that we can now have chances to provide more mid- and long haul routes to destinations across the Pacific, and in Europe. We are thinking of adding flights to the North America and Northern Europe. As we hope to maintain daily frequency in most of our flights to provide better and comprehensive connections to passengers across Japan, Asia and Sydney (Australia), we are planning to operate flights into west-coast, for example Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver. Once we have acquire suitable slots and have enough pre-bookings, we will announce the routes immediately through webpage and press conference.' the CEO of Japanair said in the press conference. Right now, these widebody are serving daily flights to Sydney, Australia, which is the longest route in the company, as well as daily flights to Bangkok, Thailand and Singapore, the two largest South-East Asian capitals. More frequencies shall be added once more planes are ready to fly. Some domestic trunk routes like Tokyo (Haneda) - Sapporo (Chitose) and Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Kansai) are also operated by the Airbus 300-600R.

In terms of the narrowbodies, we have acquired 15 regional planes (3x Avro R85, 2x Embraer E195, 8x Airbus 320-200 (5 regional configuration and 3 premium configuration and 2x Airbus 321-200). Combined with the current mixed fleet of 8x Embraer 170/175, 7x Avro R85, 2x Airbus 319, 13x Airbus 320, 6x Airbus 321, plus the 1x Airbus 319, 3x Airbus 320 and 2x Airbus 321 on order, we will be having a total of 57 regional planes. In addition with the widebody mentioned above, Japanair now contain an impressive total 70 aircraft in the fleet in just 4 months of operation.

Although with the rapid expansion of fleet, due to slot shortage in Tokyo (Haneda) Airport, Japanair now focuses on operating more frequencies from Tokyo to different Asian and South-East Asian cities in China, Taiwan, Thailand and also looking for opportunities to create city-pairs in the Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, China, South Korea and so on. 'We are now experimenting different flights with a 'charter' tag on them to various cities across Asia, some are purely leisure routes, while some are business-oriented. We are glad that we can finally get the long-chartered flights to Shanghai (Hongqiao) become part of our official schedule, other possibilities include Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Hanoi, Wuhan, Xiamen and Kaosiung. Of course we are not limited to these. We are constantly seizing different chances to gain more aircraft and maximize their utilities by operating more flights out of Tokyo.'

Despite the international expansion of the company, Japanair announced that they are strengthening their role in operating flights to Ryuku Island. Miyako and Ishigaki will be their 34th and 35th domestic destination in Japan, and the 2nd and 3rd after the airline operate 3x daily flights from Tokyo (Haneda) to Okinawa (Naha) (1x daily via Osaka (Kansai)). 'The combined 5x daily from Tokyo to Ryuku Islands allow more holiday-makers to discover the southernmost part of Japan. The hot sun, luxurious spa and resorts, blue sky and water providing passengers to immerse into the excitement of watersports, scuba-diving, and enjoy their holidays. More choices (into Miyako and Ishigaki) can be offered besides Okinawa from now on.

Flight Schedule

The early morning flight into Miyako and late afternoon return flights provides extra more time for vacationers to have more time on the island. It also provide smooth transfer into flights from Tokyo to different Asian cities like Seoul, Taipei , Singapore and the potential American night departure bank. The noon flights from Tokyo will continue it's journey to Ishigaki after landing in Miyako. It provides connections to different parts of Japan including Kobe, Obihiro and Osaka.

Japanair also added frequencies into different domestic destination and contain several schedule changes in it's latest timetable.

Schedule Changes

Additional Services

Tokyo (Haneda) - Miyazaki (from 3x daily to 4x daily)

JL447 HND0625 - 0750KMI 320 Daily JL446 KMI0840 - 1010HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Kumamoto (from 2x daily to 3x daily)

JL435 HND1110 - 1240KMJ 320 Daily JL436 KMJ1700 - 1835HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Kagoshima (from 3x daily to 5x daily)

JL459 HND0830 - 1005KOJ 320 Daily JL460 KOJ1040 - 1215HND 320 Daily

JL457 HND1930 - 2105KOJ 320 Daily JL458 KOJ2155 - 2330HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagasaki (from 1x daily to 2x daily)

JL463 HND1640 - 1815NGS 321 Daily JL464 NGS2130 - 2325HND 321 Daily

In addition to 1x daily to Oita, 3x daily to Kita-Kyushu and 6x daily to Fukuoka, Japanair now operated a total of 24 daily flights from Tokyo (Haneda) to Kyushu, and provides connections from other domestic and international destinations to and from the 3rd largest island in Japan.

Tokyo (Haneda) - Matsuyama (from 3x daily to 4x daily)

JL387 HND2240 - 2355MYJ 320 Daily JL388 MYJ0600 - 0715HND 320 Daily

Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Kansai) (from 14x daily to 17x daily)

JL29 HND0010 - 0105KIX 321 Daily JL30 KIX0545 - 0640HND 321 Daily

JL59 HND0545 - 0640KIX AB6 Daily JL60 KIX0757 - 0850HND 321 Daily

JL1031 HND1920 - 2015KIX 320 Daily (Flights continue to Okinawa Naha, and will not return to KIX)

Sapporo (Chitose) - Asahikawa (from 3x weekly to 1x daily)

JL3213 CTS1115 - 1150AKJ 320 1357 JL3214 AKJ1630 - 1705CTS 320 1357

Nagoya (Chubu) - Osaka (Kansai) (from 1x daily to 1x daily)

JL1101 NGO0355 - 0430KIX 321 x3 JL1102 KIX0215 - 0250NGO 321 x3

Services Reduction

Tokyo (Haneda) - Osaka (Itami) (from 12x daily to 11x daily)

JL13/JL14 being cancelled.

Tokyo (Haneda) - Nagoya Chubu (from 53x weekly to 7x daily)

JL191/JL190 being cancelled.

* All tickets can be sold on our website, local and international travel agencies. Hope to see you soon on the next Japanair flight.

Stay tune for more news and updates. (Very soon we will see huge updates on International flights)