Virgin Australia Cuts Tokyo Route Citing Low Demand

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Virgin Australia plans to discontinue its longest international route between Cairns, Australia, and Tokyo, which the carrier attributes to the slow recovery of the Japanese outbound travel market. Virgin said it will cut the Cairns-Tokyo route from Feb. 24, 2025. It uses Boeing 737-8s for these...
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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