JAL load factors rise over holiday season
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Japan Airlines (JAL) carried a total of 402,587 international passengers during the Japanese New Year vacation period from December 25, 2009 to January 5, 2010.
Load factors on flights to most international regions showed considerable improvement due to substantial reductions in capacity. Measured in available seat kilometers, total capacity on international routes was 21.1% less than the holiday period last year. The overall seat load factor at 83.6% is 8.9 percentage points higher than the previous period despite a decline of 11.8% in international passenger numbers.
The JAL Group operated 76 additional flights, both scheduled and charter, to such destinations as Guam, Honolulu, Cairns, Fairbanks, Siem Reap, Bali and more.
On domestic routes, JAL decreased seat supply by 6.9% against the same period last year and transported 1,327,578 domestic passengers – 7% down versus the number of passengers carried during the festive period a year before. Overall load factor on domestic Japan flights is 2.1 percentage points lower at 63.3%.
During this period, JAL Group operated an additional 128 domestic flights to meet demand on popular routes in Japan, such as Tokyo – Miyazaki, and Tokyo – Kagoshima.
JAL Group International Reservations (Japan departures)
Dec 25, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010 – JAL/JAZ Routes
Available Seat
% Change vs 2008
Passenger Total
Pax Count
% Change vs 2008
Seat load factor % 2009(Seat load factor % 2008)
Hawaii
94.4
55,985
93.6
87.4 (88.1)
Transpacific
80.8
32,907
85.0
91.2 ( 86.8)
Europe
73.3
30,350
80.8
81.6 (74.0)
S.E. Asia
82.9
107,068
93.8
84.0 (74.3)
Oceania
68.3
11,251
82.6
89.7 (74.2)
Guam/ Saipan
100.1
19,390
96.3
85.2 (88.5)
Korea
72.7
53,372
76.0
91.1 (87.2)
China
70.8
61,736
94.5
72.0 (53.9 )
Taiwan
72.9
30,528
82.6
82.2 (72.5)
TOTAL
78.8
402,587
88.2
83.6 (74.7)
JAL Group Domestic Reservations
Dec 25, 2009 – Jan 5, 2010
Available Seat
% Change vs 2008
Passenger Total
Pax Count
% Change vs 2008
Seat load factor % 2009(Seat load factor % 2008)
JAL / JEX
96.1
1,181,146
93.8
64.1 (65.6)
JTA
94.8
82,969
83.4
64.0 (72.7)
RAC
91.5
8,560
88.2
58.3 (60.5)
JAC
99.0
51,683
93.0
50.6 (53.9)
HAC
92.4
3,220
88.2
43.0 (45.0)
TOTAL
96.1
1,327,578
93.0
63.3 (65.4)
JAZ=JALways; JEX=JAL Express; JTA=Japan Transocean Air; RAC=Ryukyu Air Commuter; JAC=Japan Air Commuter; HAC=Hokkaido Air System
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