JAL Mileage Bank - JAL Group Revises Route, Flight Frequency and Fleet Plans for FY2012

http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/201208/002224.html

International Network

New Routes

Narita = San Diego
- 4 weekly (Mo, We, Fr, Su) round-trip flights from Dec 2, 2012 with 787-8
- Increase from 4 to daily round-trip flights from March 2013*

Narita = Helsinki
- 4 weekly (Mo, Tu, Th, Sa) round-trip flights from Dec 2, 2012 with 787-8 from March 2013*
- Increase from 4 to daily round-trip flights from middle of first half of FY2013*

Schedule of New Routes
JL066 Narita 17:10 - San Diego 09:45 From Dec. 2 2012: Mo, We, Fr, Su and From March 2013* Daily with 787-8
JL065 San Diego 11:30 - Narita 16:30+1 From Dec. 2 2012: Mo, We, Fr, Su and From March 2013*: Daily with 787-8

JL413 Narita 11:45 - Helsinki 15:05 From March 2013*: Mo, Tu, Th, Sa and From middle of FY 2013 first half*: Daily with 787-8
JL414 Helsinki 17:25 - Narita 10:15+1 From March 2013*: Mo, Tu, Th, Sa and From middle of FY 2013 first half*: Daily with 787-8

* subject to 787 delivery schedule


Flight Frequency Increase / Aircraft Change

Narita = Singapore
- Increase from 7 to 14 weekly round-trip flights from Oct 28, 2012 (Oct 29, 2012 for SIN-NRT)
- Additional daily flight to be operated with 787-8
- New flights are JL711/JL710
- Partially operated with 767s in December and January.

Narita = New Delhi
- Increase from 5 to daily round-trip flights
- All flights to be operated with 777-200ER from Oct 29, 2012
- (re-)Introduction of daily Premium Economy service with 777-200ER

Narita = Beijing
- JL869/JL860 aircraft change from 737-800 to 767-300ER from Oct 28, 2012

Narita = Shanghai (Pudong)
- JL877/JL874 aircraft change from 737-800 to 767-300ER from Oct 28, 2012

Chubu = Shanghai (Pudong)
- JL883/JL884 aircraft change from 737-800 to 767-300ER from Oct 28, 2012

Narita = Taipei (Taoyuan)
- JL809/JL802 Aircraft change from 767-300ER to 737-800 from Oct 28, 2012

Schedule of Additional Daily Flight
JL711 Narita 17:55 - Singapore 00:35+1 with 787-8*
JL710 Singapore 01:55 - Narita 09:30 with 787-8*

* Between Dec 1, 2012 and Jan 31, 2013, the route will be partially served with 787s and 767s as follows:
JL711:787-8 Mo, Tu, Th, Sa / 767-300ER We, Fr, Su
JL710: 787-8 Tu, We, Fr, Su / 767-300ER Mo, Th, Sa

Deployment of the latest 787-8

Haneda = Beijing JL023 / JL024
- Aircraft change from 767-300ER to 787-8* from Sep. 16, 2012

Narita = Singapore JL719 / JL712
- Aircraft change from 767-300ER to 787-8* after mid-October 2012

Haneda = Singapore JL035 / JL036
- Aircraft change from 767-300ER to 787-8* after mid-October 2012

* Depends on delivery schedules of 787


Domestic Network

Flight Frequency Changes

Haneda = Izumo
- Increase from 5 to 6 daily round-trip flights between Oct. 28, 2012 and Feb. 28, 2013

Haneda = Sapporo
- Increase from 17 to 18 daily round-trip flights between Mar. 1 and Mar. 30, 2013

Sapporo = Sendai
- Increase from 4 to 5 daily round-trip flights between Oct. 28, 2012 and Mar. 30, 2013

Fukuoka = Miyazaki
- Increase from 9 to 10 daily round-trip flights from Oct. 1, 2012

Haneda = Okinawa (Naha)
- Decrease from 14 to 13 daily round-trip flights from Oct. 28, 2012

Fukuoka = Kagoshima
- Decrease from 3 to 2 daily round-trip flights from Oct. 1, 2012

Tokyo (Haneda) = Ishigaki and Osaka (Kansai) = Ishigaki
- Become nonstop both ways after the official opening of the New Ishigaki Airport

Interestingly they didn't mention the saturday capacity increase/aircraft change/product improvement on YVR route which is currently loaded into their schedule :confused:

I'm wondering why the capacity increase on Japan-China routes at a time like this...

I'm wondering why the capacity increase on Japan-China routes at a time like this...

I guess they can always go back to 73H if the demand is affected by the conflicts Japan and China are having right now. There is still time before the capacity increase

Interestingly they didn't mention the saturday capacity increase/aircraft change/product improvement on YVR route which is currently loaded into their schedule :confused:

Because 1 weekly changes doesn't really mean anything.

Narita = Taipei (Taoyuan)
- JL809/JL802 Aircraft change from 767-300ER to 737-800 from Oct 28, 2012



Do the 767-300ER and 737-800 have the same business class seat types?

Do the 767-300ER and 737-800 have the same business class seat types?

There are a couple of 767-300ERs installed with JAL SKYRECLINER instead of SKYLUXE. But most of them have the same C seats. The IFE is different though, 73H has MAGIC-IV instead of MAGIC-III/V. Both have AVOD but MAGIC-IV has less channels

I'm wondering why the capacity increase on Japan-China routes at a time like this...

Things definitely have got worse in the past couple of days...they might have to revert to 73H if things don't start to get better :(

Things definitely have got worse in the past couple of days...they might have to revert to 73H if things don't start to get better :(

OK we have some data that comes out finally

http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120918/ca21637c.htm

It says NH saw 15,000 cancellations between Sep and Nov. JAL have received cancellations from travel agencies in China too but didn't disclose the number of cancellations. But analyst expects similar number of cancelations as NH saw...Not looking good.

OK we have some data that comes out finally

http://inews.mingpao.com/htm/INews/20120918/ca21637c.htm

It says NH saw 15,000 cancellations between Sep and Nov. JAL have received cancellations from travel agencies in China too but didn't disclose the number of cancellations. But analyst expects similar number of cancelations as NH saw...Not looking good.

Turns out JAL haven't seen as much cancellations as NH did.

http://www.mpfinance.com/htm/Finance/20120919/News/ea_eaa1.htm

JL
ex-Japan: 4,000
ex-China: 1,000

NH
ex-Japan: 3,800
ex-China: 15,000

There still seems to be a lot of people going to Japan, though. I'm trying to go during the October holiday and availability is still kind of hard to come by, to say nothing of pricing (both JL and NH seem to be acting as if nothing's happened).

There still seems to be a lot of people going to Japan, though. I'm trying to go during the October holiday and availability is still kind of hard to come by, to say nothing of pricing (both JL and NH seem to be acting as if nothing's happened).

They have reduced the frequency so the supply is lowered. Turns out JAL had received 12,000 cancellations on its China-Japan routes between Sep and Nov. They will adjust winter schedule if necessary...so I guess they probably won't be increasing the capacity as planned if situation doesn't improve

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/economy/news/120921/biz12092111580007-n1.htm

I'm wondering why the capacity increase on Japan-China routes at a time like this...

despite the temp flight cuts have been extended till Nov 17, looks like JAL is still upgrading the PEK flight from 73H to 763 according to their online booking :eek: