Business / Corporate Oct 27, 2020
Japanese airline ANA faces challenges in sustainable fuel drive
The country's largest carrier has signed up for jet fuel made from renewable materials in Singapore in a bid to become more environmentally friendly.
Business / Corporate Oct 26, 2020
JAL and ANA looking to raise funds to help trim pandemic-linked losses
So far, Japan Airlines has withheld its earnings projections for the current business year through March, citing uncertainty from the pandemic.
Business / Corporate Oct 25, 2020
ANA to cut 3,500 jobs and reduce small planes amid coronavirus woes
The move comes on top of the airline group's decision to cut its fleet of large planes used for long-distance international flights.
National Oct 24, 2020
Japan Airlines offers discounted coronavirus tests to travelers
Japan Airlines Co. began offering discounted coronavirus tests to travelers Friday after teaming up with a medical institution in Tokyo, in a bid to ease concerns about infections and encourage customers to travel amid the pandemic. Travelers booked on tour packages with the airline can ...
Business / Corporate Oct 24, 2020
Japan prefers piecemeal approach over big bailout for carrier ANA
by Takaya Yamaguchi and Leika Kihara
The approach marks a stark contrast to the bold moves other countries have made to protect flagship carriers.
Business Oct 24, 2020
Zipair, Japan’s newest low-cost carrier, is hiring around 100 staff
At a time most airlines are shedding jobs, there is one that’s hiring — a new low-cost carrier called Zipair Tokyo Inc. The unit of Japan Airlines Co. will take on around 100 employees from the broader JAL group as it launches passenger flights between ...
Business / Corporate Oct 23, 2020
Mitsubishi Heavy mulls near-freeze of regional jet development
Delivery of the Mitsubishi SpaceJet, previously called the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, has already been put back from 2013 to 2021.
Business / Corporate Oct 22, 2020
Pandemic-hit ANA expects record net loss of around ¥530 billion
The company said the number of passengers for its international flights plunged 96% in the five months through August from a year earlier.
Business Oct 20, 2020
'Bad math': Leading expert challenges airlines' COVID-19 safety claims
by Laurence Frost
Airlines and plane-makers are anxious to restart international travel, even as a second wave of infections and restrictions takes hold in many countries.
National Oct 16, 2020
Japan considers relaxing travel advisories issued early in pandemic
Currently, 159 countries and regions are subject to alerts warning against all travel.
Asia Pacific Oct 16, 2020
First 'no-quarantine' flights arrive in Australia as coronavirus cases fall
Hundreds of New Zealand plane passengers started arriving in Sydney on Friday as part of a new trans-Tasman travel bubble amid a rapidly falling growth rate in cases at the epicenter of Australia's coronavirus outbreak. In a tentative re-opening to international tourism, travelers on the ...
Business Oct 15, 2020
Mass air travel two years away, says Singapore transport minister
by Kyunghee Park and Haslinda Amin
The global aviation industry will take at least two years to recover from the coronavirus pandemic and for mass travel to return, Singapore’s Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung has said, stressing the importance of developing a widely available and effective vaccine to help countries ...