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Japan Airlines cuts back domestic flights as new State of Emergency disrupts key markets
April 29th 2021
Japan Airlines (JAL) said yesterday it had revised downwards its May domestic schedule as COVID-19 infections in the country increased. Read More » The airline has cancelled 449 domestic flights from May 6 to May 20, bringing to 9,352 the services it will eliminate for the month. JAL plans to operate 65% of its normal domestic flying pattern in May, a decline of one percentage point from the 66% operation rate it announced on April 22. "The carrier is expecting a slight decline in travel demand in response to the number of COVID-19 cases reported in Japan," JAL said. It added affected passengers would be reaccommodated on alternative flights. Japan recorded its 10,000th death from COVID-19 this week. The government recently issued a fresh State of Emergency in the Hyogo, Kyoto, Osaka and Tokyo prefectures.
