JAL cuts flights from Tokyo to Beijing 19 to 14

ASIA's largest carrier, Japan Airlines (JAL), has announced that it will reduce flights in the region due to lower demand caused by the global economic crisis, reports Logistics Week.

The number of round-trip flights between Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Beijing will be cut from 19 to 14 a week between August 1 and October 24, the company said in a statement.

JAL will also reduce the number of weekly flights between Narita and Seoul from 28 to 21 between July 1 and October 24. There are to be other cuts on its Narita routes to Taipei, Shanghai and New Delhi.

It will also cut flights between Haneda, another Tokyo airport, and Hong Kong in September and October, and flights between Kansai in western Japan and Seoul from August 1 to October 24. It will reduce services between Kansai and Shanghai over the same period.

"Due to the impact of the recession, a recovery in demand for flights has been delayed and we plan to secure profitability by adjusting our supply capacity," JAL said in a statement.

(Source: News and Data Online)