Looks like JFK is seeing the cut, so do BKK and Seoul. Are they gonna cut the 744 flight to JFK? That would be a HUGE reduction especially the capacity has reduced quit a bit by switching from 744 to 773.


http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2009/01/27/3941107.htm

---------- JAL, ANA eye sizable reduction of int'l, domestic flights

TOKYO - Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways will significantly scale down their international and domestic flights in the year that begins in April, due to a sharp fall in demand amid the global economic crisis, officials at the two airlines said Tuesday.

JAL will reduce the number of flights on international routes linking Narita airport near Tokyo with New York, Bangkok and Seoul. ANA will abolish its flights from Central Japan International Airport in Aichi Prefecture to Guangzhou and Tianjin, China's major cities in the south and north.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/...na005000c.html

JAL to cut flights on 12 unprofitable routes

Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that it will be cancelling or reducing the number of flights on 12 unprofitable domestic and international routes in fiscal 2009.

To be cancelled are the domestic routes from Kansai International Airport to Memanbetsu, Asahikawa, Aomori, Obihiro and Kushiro, as is the Kansai to London Heathrow international route.

Routes with the number of flights reduced will be from Haneda Airport to Kansai, and from Narita International Airport to New York, Bangkok and Seoul.

Also to be cancelled are cargo flights from Narita to Manila, and Kansai to Taipei.

Efficiency reviews by the company put the utilization rate of flights on these routes at between 50 and 60 percent.

Over the second half of fiscal 2008, JAL has reduced or cancelled flights on 26 routes in total. However, a large drop in the number of passengers and volume of cargo being transported due to the global recession means that the company is expected to take a heavy hit this year.

All Nippon Airways is also planning to reduce or cancel flights on 10 routes, including those from Kansai to local airports, in the coming fiscal year, and is considering further flight reductions.