JAL Mileage Bank - 10% cut in passenger services eyed: report

The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper's evening edition on Aug. 5, 2009, says JAL is eyeing around 10 percent cut in passenger services in the second half of fiscal 2009 (September 2009-March 2010), as measured by available passenger kilometers.

The cut will center on route eliminations and frequency reductions in international services, hard hit by a decline in corporate demand, it says. No mention was made on which routes might be affected.

JAL is undergoing restructuring under the supervision of the government.

In Japanese:

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20090805-OYT1T00578.htm

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun's Aug. 7 morning edition lists up international routes that face elimination or frequency cuts.

To be axed in late October: Nagoya-Paris (NGO-CDG) and Nagoya-Seoul, Incheon (NGO-ICN)

Frequency cuts to affect 8 international routes: NRT-ICN, NRT-DEL, HND-HKG, KIX-Shanghai, KIX-ICN and three other China routes.

It also cites six domestic routes that will see frequency reductions including Itami-Yamagata, Haneda-Naha.

JAL is announcing April-June consolidated results in a few hours. Nikkei says JAL appears to have incurred around 90 billion yen in operating loss, up from 42 billion yen in loss it marked in the Jan.-March period.

The Asahi Shimbun's Aug. 7 edition says KIX-Shanghai will be reduced from 3 dailies to 2, while KIX-ICN will be reduced to one from two per day now.

NRT-Mexico City, currently served by two flights per week, is also considered for a possible route to be eliminated.

JAL is planning to keep NRT-GRU.

http://press.jal.co.jp/ja/release/200908/001278.html

NGO-CDG, NGO-ICN to be axed Oct. 25.

Frequency cuts effective Oct. 25:

Narita-Guangdong 14 per week to 7
Narita-Incheon 28 per week to 21
Narita-Delhi 7 per week to 3
Haneda-Hong Kong 7 per week to 3
Kansai-Shanghai 21 per week to 14
Kansai-Incheon 14 per week to 7
Kansai-Guangdong 7 per week to 3
Chubu/Nagoya-Guangdong 7 per week to 4

Flight inauguration
Haneda-Beijing 7 per week from Oct. 25

Domestic flights connecting to international at NRT will be increased.

Narita-Chubu/Nagoya, Narita-Fukuoka, both 21 per week from 14 from Nov. 1

Equipment changes effective Oct. 25

Narita-Chicago 747-400⇒777-300ER effective Oct. 25
Narita-LAX 747-400⇒777-300ER
Narita-Delhi 747-400⇒777-200ER
Narita-Singapore 747-400⇒777-200ER (JL719/710)
Narita-Bangkok 747-400⇒777-200ER (JO717/718)
Narita-Manila 747-400⇒767-300ER (JO745/746)
Narita-Denpasar 　747-400⇒767-300ER
Narita-Taipei 747-400⇒767-300ER (JL641/648)
Narita-Incheon 747-400⇒767-300 (JL951/954)
Narita-Busan 767-300⇒737-800 (JL957/958、969/960)
Kansai-Seoul/Gimpo 767-300⇒737-800
Kansai-Incheon 767-300⇒737-800 (JL963/964)
Kansai-Busan 767-300⇒737-800
Chubu/Nagoya-Bangkok 777-200ER⇒767-300ER

No more First Class services on Narita-Delhi, Singapore (JL719/710) and Bangkok (JO717/718). Chubu-Bangkok will have no shellflat business class. It will be downgraded to Skylux seats as the result of the equipment change.

Narita-Chicago, Narita-LAX will be served by B777-300ER with JAL Suite, Shellflat Neo and Premium Economy seats, effective Oct. 25.

Narita-Rome, Narita-Milan will have Shellflat business class seats effective Oct. 25.

I think Guangzhou might be more familiar to others than Guangdong in the post. Still thanks for update. It's huge reduction especially to Korea, as far as I'm concerned.

I think Guangzhou might be more familiar to others than Guangdong in the post. Still thanks for update. It's huge reduction especially to Korea, as far as I'm concerned.

thanks, it should have been guangzhou.