JAL Group 2016 announced its New Year vacation period traffic results.
The Group carried a total of 269,366 passengers on its international flights and 999,413 passengers domestically during the 10-day New Year vacation period in Japan between December 25, 2015 and January 3, 2016.
On International routes, passenger count increased 4.3% versus the same period last year in line with a 2.5% up in the number of available seats. Overall load factor increased 1.4 percentage points to 85.9% on the JAL Group’s international routes when compared to the same period last year.
The number of passengers on domestic routes increased 1.4% while seat capacity has been lowered by 3.1% compared to last year. Overall domestic load factor rose approx. 3.4 percentage points to 76.3% than previous year.
During this period, the JAL Group operated 3 chartered flights to Palau as well as 3 extra flights to Honolulu. Meanwhile, the airline also operated 4 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Sapporo (New Chitose), 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Okinawa (Naha), 2 extra flights between Tokyo (Haneda) and Kagoshima.
International Traffic Results (Japan departures and arrivals): Dec. 25, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016
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Routes
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Available Seat Change on 2015(%)
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Passenger Total
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Passenger Change
on 2015(%)
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Seat Load Factor
2016(%)
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Transpacific
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+15.1
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35,146
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+21.6
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85.2
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Europe
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+5.6
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20,655
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-2.2
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79.6
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S.E. Asia
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-1.6
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64,441
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+2.7
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91.5
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Oceania
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+3.0
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4,703
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+5.5
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90.7
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China
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+10.3
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62,595
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+12.4
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80.3
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Korea
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-20.2
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20,984
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-16.5
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91.6
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Taiwan
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+1.8
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27,184
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-1.9
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85.1
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Hawaii
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-0.4
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29,347
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+3.1
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88.5
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Guam
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+0.0
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4,311
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+4.8
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90.9
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TOTAL
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+2.5
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269,366
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+4.3
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85.9
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Domestic Traffic Results: Dec. 25, 2015 – Jan. 3, 2016
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Available Seat Change on 2015(%)
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Passenger Total
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Passenger Change on 2015(%)
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Seat Load Factor
2016(%)
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JAL / JAIR
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-3.3
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853,729
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+1.8
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77.1
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JTA
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-1.3
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82,378
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-1.3
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80.1
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RAC
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+3.9
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12,774
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-0.4
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71.7
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JAC
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-6.5
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46,557
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+0.0
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61.8
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HAC
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+13.3
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3,975
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+11.6
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56.4
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TOTAL
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-3.1
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999,413
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+1.4
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76.3
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