JAPANTODAY
 
JAL Group carried a total of 437,334 passengers on its international flights and 1,569,379 passengers domestically during the 17-day new year vacation period in Japan between Dec 19 and Jan 4.
 
On international routes, the passenger count increased 3.3% on the same period last year in line with a 0.7% increase in the number of available seats. Overall the load factor increased 2.1 percentage points to 84.7% on the group’s international routes when compared to the same period last year.
 
The number of passengers on domestic routes decreased 2.3% while seat capacity was 0.4% lower when compared to last year. Overall the domestic load factor dropped approximately 1.3 percentage points to 68.9%.
 
During this period, the JAL Group operated 22 chartered flights to Fairbanks, Honolulu, Guam, Saipan and Palau as well as 5 extra flights to Honolulu. The airline also operated 8 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Sapporo, 12 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Okinawa, 4 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Fukuoka and 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Miyazaki.