Zipair Tokyo

Business / Corporate Oct 16, 2020

Budget airline Zipair starts passenger service despite pandemic

The carrier had delayed its debut, having switched to carrying cargo due to the pandemic.

Business / Corporate Oct 11, 2020

Budget airlines in Japan struggle amid pandemic

A budget airline needs to have a seat occupancy rate of as high as some 80 percent to be profitable. But the pandemic has made it difficult to achieve that threshold.