JAL Group Revises Flight Frequency and Fleet Plan

Aug. 24, 2016

JAL Group (JAL) on Aug. 24, announced revisions to flight frequency and fleet plans on both international and domestic routes for fiscal year 2016 (ending March 31, 2017).

In regards to the airline's international network, JAL will increase flight frequency between Tokyo (Narita) and Honolulu, and between Narita and Bangkok to meet growing demand for those routes.

JAL's well-received JAL SKY SUITE configured aircraft, the Boeing 777-200ERs are currently operated on Tokyo (Haneda) -- Bangkok and Haneda -- Singapore routes, and this newly revamped aircraft will be introduced on Haneda -- Hong Kong, and Haneda/Osaka (Kansai)/Nagoya (Chubu) -- Honolulu routes progressively.

Furthermore, to meet customer demand, JAL will introduce First Class service during year-end and new-year period (between Dec. 28, and Jan. 8) on its Haneda-Honolulu route with the JAL SKY SUITE 777 (Boeing 777-300ER).

In order to further improving domestic products and services, JAL will continue to expand its JAL SKY NEXT service onto all domestic routes operated by Boeing 777-300, Boeing 777-200, Boeing 767-300 and Boeing 737-800 fleets, under the theme of "A standard that's step ahead."

In addition, from the second-half of FY2016, the group will change Hokkaido Air System (a subsidiary of JAL)'s flight indicator from "HC" to "JL" to increase customer convenience.

JAL will continue to embrace new challenges to improve its network and enhance the quality of products and services to provide customers with more travel convenience and comfort.