Outbound Demand Lags In Japan, But Fleet Moves Are High On Agenda

Japan Airlines Airbus A350 on runway

JAL has placed significant new orders for widebody aircraft, including Airbus A350-900s.

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While outbound travel demand from Japan is gradually improving, it remains significantly short of pre-pandemic levels. But Japanese carriers are still confident enough in the longer-term outlook to plan further additions to their order backlogs. Full recovery of outbound travel is proving to be an...
Adrian Schofield

Adrian is a senior air transport editor for Aviation Week, based in New Zealand. He covers commercial aviation in the Asia-Pacific region.

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