Arashi Blast in Hawaii - JAL to charter 100 flights?
May 11, 2014, 8:32 pm
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Arashi Blast in Hawaii - JAL to charter 100 flights?
Avoid Hawaii at all cost between Sep 18-22 as 30K crazy Arashi fans will flock down to Honolulu for Arashi's 15th Anniversary Concert on Sep 19 and 20. 
According to the news below the concert tour would cost 200K Yen each person and is only open to Arashi Fan Club members. Since JAL is the official carrier, up to 100 flights will be chartered for this event. Not sure how JAL is going to do this but hopefully they will have enough planes/pilots.
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm...008118420.html
According to the news below the concert tour would cost 200K Yen each person and is only open to Arashi Fan Club members. Since JAL is the official carrier, up to 100 flights will be chartered for this event. Not sure how JAL is going to do this but hopefully they will have enough planes/pilots.
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainm...008118420.html
May 11, 2014, 9:35 pm
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There's no way JAL can handle that much demand by itself in such a short time. I imagine they'll sell seats on NH, UA, KE, CI, HA, etc. to make up the difference.
May 11, 2014, 9:49 pm
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May 11, 2014, 11:17 pm
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Currently JL uses 2x788s and 2x772s from NRT/HND and 1x772s from KIX and NGO daily. Not sure how they are going to manage this but I agree, the agency that handles the tour will definitely book some fans on other airlines' flight and the rest could be provided by JL. They could use their domestic "sardine" 777 configs and pack more than 300 passengers in one plane..
May 12, 2014, 12:51 am
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It's possible -- who knows how they're counting the 100 flights. But even assuming 5 days worth of flights, with 2 flights (1 round-trip) per day, that's still 10 flights. JL has 4 scheduled flights from TYO and 1 each from KIX and NGO -- six total. Where will they get the other four from? Does JL have that many 767s or 777s just sitting around? Like musashino22, I'm thinking maybe a charter or two and the rest are codeshares.
But hey, kudos to them if they can pull it off!
But hey, kudos to them if they can pull it off!
May 12, 2014, 11:10 am
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It's possible -- who knows how they're counting the 100 flights. But even assuming 5 days worth of flights, with 2 flights (1 round-trip) per day, that's still 10 flights. JL has 4 scheduled flights from TYO and 1 each from KIX and NGO -- six total. Where will they get the other four from? Does JL have that many 767s or 777s just sitting around? Like musashino22, I'm thinking maybe a charter or two and the rest are codeshares.
But hey, kudos to them if they can pull it off!
But hey, kudos to them if they can pull it off!
Not sure how JL is gonna pull this off but I think they can as most of their scheduled charter flights this year - ITA, UK, Alaska, Palau, POL, SUI, CAN, MidEast, CRO, SLO, CEB, will almost be done by then. Although I think there is a high possibility that some FC members will be flying with rival airlines where they have flights - NRT/HND/KIX/NGO. Good luck to them all.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnacUoUCUAA92Tm.jpg:large
May 12, 2014, 11:59 am
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Schedule of the tour is out and fan club members have a choice between 3N/5D, 4N/6D and 5N/7D. Earliest departure is on 9/16 with at least 2 chartered flights out of CTS and SDJ, while FUK will get at least 4.
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnacUoUCUAA92Tm.jpg:large
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BnacUoUCUAA92Tm.jpg:large
Found more details. Apparently all airlines that have regular flights to HNL will be used to ferry FC members and Omni Airlines have been hired to provide charter flights as well. This is just crazy.
http://www.arashi2014hawaii.com/arashi_hnl/
Sep 19, 2014, 11:25 pm
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Walked into Ala Moana Center today, almost thought I was in Japan. What I don't understand is why are the packages sending all the fans to hotels in Waikiki instead of putting them is Ko Olina where they can just walk over to the concert stage from the lovely Disney Aulani, JW Marriott, or Marriott Vacation Club?
Sep 21, 2014, 6:51 am
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Walked into Ala Moana Center today, almost thought I was in Japan. What I don't understand is why are the packages sending all the fans to hotels in Waikiki instead of putting them is Ko Olina where they can just walk over to the concert stage from the lovely Disney Aulani, JW Marriott, or Marriott Vacation Club?
Sep 22, 2014, 4:55 am
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Walked into Ala Moana Center today, almost thought I was in Japan. What I don't understand is why are the packages sending all the fans to hotels in Waikiki instead of putting them is Ko Olina where they can just walk over to the concert stage from the lovely Disney Aulani, JW Marriott, or Marriott Vacation Club?
Also the JW Marriott was supposedly booked for the Pacific Links Hawaii Championship running from Sep 19 thru Sep 21.
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Walked into Ala Moana Center today, almost thought I was in Japan. What I don't understand is why are the packages sending all the fans to hotels in Waikiki instead of putting them is Ko Olina where they can just walk over to the concert stage from the lovely Disney Aulani, JW Marriott, or Marriott Vacation Club?
