<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by filberts sst:
Not exactly BA related but I heard (pre 2001) that a jumbo would fly between Japans two main islands each day and be full every time </font>
And not just between islands. To give you an idea of Japanese domestic volumes, this is a (partial, I think) list of a *** -TYO schedule:-
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">*** TYO FEB/20 0700 ->
*** HND 0710 0835 JL 352 744
*** HND 0710 0835 NH 242 744
*** NRT 0725 0855 JL 154 767
*** HND 0730 0855 JL 354 777
*** NRT 0735 0920 NH2142 735
*** HND 0815 0940 NH 244 744
*** HND 0835 1000 JL 356 744
*** HND 0900 1030 NH 246 772
*** HND 0940 1110 JL 358 773
*** HND 1000 1130 NH 248 744
*** HND 1000 1130 JL 360 777
*** HND 1040 1210 JL 362 767
*** HND 1110 1240 JL 364 777
*** HND 1110 1240 NH 250 763
*** HND 1155 1325 JL 366 744
*** HND 1220 1345 NH 252 744
*** NRT 1255 1440 NH2144 735
*** HND 1310 1435 JL 368 773
*** HND 1310 1435 NH 254 763
*** HND 1405 1530 JL 370 744
*** HND 1430 1555 NH 256 772
*** HND 1500 1625 JL 372 773
*** HND 1530 1655 NH 258 763
*** HND 1630 1755 NH 260 772
*** HND 1705 1835 JL 376 744
*** HND 1710 1835 NH 262 744
*** HND 1740 1905 NH 264 773
*** HND 1820 1950 JL 382 773
*** HND 1835 2005 NH 266 773
*** HND 1915 2045 NH 268 772</font>
Absolutely mind-boggling.
[Edited to add: Clearly the software doesn't like the three letter code for F u k u o k a airport.
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[This message has been edited by Globaliser (edited Feb 18, 2004).]