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ANA continues growth spurt with Phnom Penh launch; JAL builds biofuel plant
January 22nd 2016
Japan’s largest carrier, All Nippon Airways (ANA), is expected to launch a daily B787-8 service between Narita and Phnom Penh from September 1 and is committed to a daily Narita-Wuhan route from April. Read More » Cambodia has seen its international visitor arrivals grow in excess of 10% annually in the past decade. Siem Reap’s Angkor Wat temple city is particularly popular with Japanese tourists.
The Phnom Penh and Wuhan routes will feed into ANA’s ever-expanding long-haul network, notably to the U.S., where it has added significant capacity in recent years and is mulling new routes, such as a Tokyo-Denver.
ANA has yet to confirm if it is the airline that has a confirmed order for three A380s, as suggested in countless media reports. The carrier will hold a press conference on January 29 to outline its fleet plans.
Rival Japan Airlines (JAL) – in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Toyo Engineering and other partners - this week said it would build the country’s first demonstration facility for turning trash into fuel as it strives to put the technology to practical use by 2020. JAL estimates large-scale production could lower the price of the trash-based fuel to about $120 a barrel, lower than the record fuel prices of 2014, but still much higher than today’s $30 a barrel. ANA last year announced plans to commercialize an algae-based fuel in partnership with Euglena by 2020.
JAL also announced this week that it would extend the suspension of flights between Narita and Paris as demand remained slow following the November 13 terror attacks in the French capital. JAL had initially planned to cancel the daily service from January 12 to the end of February but has decided to extend the suspension until March 15. "This is due to the decrease in demand after the terrorist attack", JAL said in a statement. The carrier will continue to operate its daily Haneda-Paris flights as scheduled.
