ROUTES ASIA: StarFlyer to Offer Tokyo Haneda – Fukuoka Service
Japanese carrier StarFlyer is to launch a five times daily Tokyo Haneda – Fukuoka service from July 1; only its third route. The airline will compete with All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan Airlines (JAL) and Skymark Airlines between the cities, together operating more than 350 weekly flights and providing almost 100,000 weekly seats.
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ROUTE ANALYSIS: Tokyo Haneda – Fukuoka (two-way O&D passengers) |
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Rank |
Airline |
Estimated Passengers |
% Share |
Average Fare |
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1 |
All Nippon Airways |
3,254,744 |
47.3 % |
$222 - $231 |
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2 |
Japan Airlines |
2,990,521 |
43.4 % |
$275 - $281 |
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3 |
Skymark Airlines |
631,670 |
9.2% |
$197 - $199 |
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OTHERS |
9,069 |
0.1 % |
$83 |
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TOTAL |
6,886,005 |
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$236 |
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Source: IATA BSP (February 2010 – January 2011)
In the year ending January 2011, almost 6.9 million O&D passenger flew on this domestic connection, the second largest O&D market in the country during this period, with ANA and JAL each holding more than a 40 per cent share of the traffic.
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AIRLINE ANALYSIS: STARFLYER (weekly non-stop services only) |
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Origin |
Destination |
Flights |
Seats |
Passengers |
% Share |
Avg Fare |
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Tokyo Haneda |
Kitakyushu |
76 |
10,944 |
662,855 |
42.6 % |
$ 258 |
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Tokyo Haneda |
Osaka Kansai International |
28 |
4,032 |
230,526 |
19.2 % |
$ 217 |
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TOTAL |
104 |
14,976 |
893,381 |
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- |
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Source: Flightbase (April 14-20, 2011), IATA BSP (February 2010 – January 2011)
StarFlyer currently offers a four times daily schedule between Tokyo Haneda and Osaka Kansai and up to 14 flights per day on the Tokyo Haneda – Kitakyushu route.
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