Japan

The carrier plans to fully resume services to the key Asian market by the 2023 second quarter.

CEO Izham Ismail wants to ‘rebuild traffic between the two nations quickly.’

Peter Ingram is optimistic that the carrier's Japanese traffic will return.

The carrier wants to connect passengers in secondary US markets with Japan and South Korea.

International capacity to and from Japan is currently 75% down from pre-pandemic levels.

The Israeli airline hopes to begin an inaugural route from Tel Aviv to the Japanese capital in March having twice previously postponed plans to enter the market.

The network additions will increase the number of destinations served in Japan to five as the East Asian country moves to loosen its stringent COVID-19 restrictions.

Italy’s flag carrier is expanding east with new flights to Asia later this year.

Fukuoka will be the airline’s first destination in Japan.

American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines are adding flights to Tokyo Haneda.

The carrier’s North American capacity exceeded 2019 levels, but international flying is returning more slowly.

The LCC also starts a new route from Hanoi to South Korea.

A second route to the US state of California is being launched by the Japan Airlines subsidiary.

Certain Japanese regional airports lost their only international route during the pandemic.

Service to Tokyo Haneda will resume in August, while frequencies on two other routes will also grow.

The Japanese airline is restoring Airbus A380 flights to Hawaii, as well as reinstating service to London.

The Japanese carrier sees ‘signs of recovery’ after a difficult year.

The carrier is also altering plans for Asia flights because of the war in Ukraine.

AirJapan will serve destinations more than four hours away from its base at Tokyo Narita.

The rerouted service to avoid Russian airspace will increase flight times by more than three hours.

JAL, which had seen domestic demand start recovering in the 2021 December quarter, has cut more than 7,000 domestic flights in the month of February.

The launch forms part of a wider Japanese expansion plan for the Taipei-based airline.

The carrier said passenger demand the September quarter remained ‘tough.’

Overall capacity worldwide is back at 70% of pre-crisis levels.

China’s market is now just 5% smaller than at this time two years ago.