Business | FOCUS May 10, 2021
Japanese airlines eye low-cost services to drive post-pandemic growth
by Noriyuki Suzuki
Aviation experts say the strategy being pursued by full-service carriers ANA and JAL could be a double-edged sword.
Business / Corporate May 7, 2021
JAL reports first net loss since 2012 relisting as pandemic bites
JAL, which has been undergoing cost-cutting to ride out the COVID-19 crisis, did not disclose earnings forecasts for the current year through next March, citing uncertainty.
Business / Corporate May 6, 2021
Australian regulator moves to block Qantas-Japan Airlines deal
Before the coronavirus pandemic, Qantas and Japan Airlines had dominated the market for flights between Tokyo and Australia's two largest cities, Sydney and Melbourne.
National May 6, 2021
Regular flights departing from or arriving at Tokyo's Haneda airport will not be subject to the restriction, according to the transportation ministry.
Asia Pacific May 4, 2021
Pleasure flights over Japan take off with travel-hungry South Koreans
by Dahee Kim
Since permission was given by authorities last November, a number of airlines have begun flying would-be tourists over parts of Japan.
Business / Corporate | Regional Voices: Hokkaido May 3, 2021
Hokkaido Shinkansen struggling amid competition from airlines and ferries
With other operators offering discounts during the coronavirus pandemic, JR Hokkaido is being urged to improve its discount system, too.
Business / Corporate Apr 30, 2021
Japan's ANA forecasts return to profit hoping vaccines will revive air travel
For the 12 months to March 2022, ANA forecast operating profit of ¥28 billion after a ¥464.7 billion loss in the last business year.
Asia Pacific Apr 26, 2021
Preparations for the travel corridor have been stop-start since an initial plan to open it last November was shelved after coronavirus cases picked up in Hong Kong.
Business Apr 26, 2021
Business class opens to the masses as affordable refuge from COVID-19
Flush with cash and a record number of air miles after a year on the ground, leisure travelers are splurging on premium seats for their first trips back.
Business / Corporate Apr 26, 2021
JAL to make low-cost carrier Spring Airlines Japan a subsidiary
JAL, which currently has about a 5% stake in Spring Airlines Japan Co., will invest an additional several billion yen possibly in June to increase its stake to 51% or more, sources said.
Business Apr 15, 2021
Even as vaccine rollouts accelerate, global air travel still stuck way behind 2019 levels
by Layan Odeh, Siddharth Philip and David Ingold
Measuring seats on offer shows that carriers currently have some 62 million seats per week, well short of the 2019 benchmark of 106 million.
National / Science & Health Apr 12, 2021
Low-cost coronavirus tests spreading in Japan in bid to boost travel
An increasing number of companies in Japan are providing polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests for the novel coronavirus at low cost, an effort to help boost travel demand battered by the pandemic. On Saturday, Kinoshita Group Co., a housing business operator, opened PCR testing centers ...