Articles Tagged ‘KMI’

Japan capacity up 29% from 2008 to 2017; international increase outpaces domestic demand, South Korea fastest growth market in 2017

Japan capacity up 29% from 2008 to 2017; international increase outpaces domestic demand, South Korea fastest growth market in 2017

There were 257.65 million two-way seats serving Japanese airports in 2017, 29% more than in 2008. Nick Preston explores the main trends in this market over the past 10 years, including a comparison of domestic and international capacity and the fastest growing airports and international country markets.

Japan capacity jumps past 250 million seats in 2017; All Nippon Airways is largest carrier, Tokyo Haneda is busiest airport

Japan capacity jumps past 250 million seats in 2017; All Nippon Airways is largest carrier, Tokyo Haneda is busiest airport

There were 257.6 million seats available on domestic and international flights serving Japan in 2017, a 3.9% increase on the previous year. Nick Preston considers recent network trends in this mature Asia Pacific country market, including the top airlines, airports and destinations.

Domestic seat capacity down 2% in Japan in 2016; LCCs still have less than 10% of seats as AirAsia plans to re-enter the market

Domestic seat capacity down 2% in Japan in 2016; LCCs still have less than 10% of seats as AirAsia plans to re-enter the market

Japan’s domestic market has grown on average by less than 2% per annum during the last decade. Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have seen their share of the market fall from almost 90% to just over 70%. With Routes Asia just around the corner, we reveal the top 14 routes by daily flights and […]


Intra-Asia market doubles in size in 10 years; China set to smash one million weekly seats mark

Intra-Asia market doubles in size in 10 years; China set to smash one million weekly seats mark

Asia shows no discernible signs of slowing down its capacity growth. The region plays host to the 137th IATA Slot Conference in Singapore next month, so we thought it would be a good time to appraise just how the intra-Asian market was performing before the network planning world arrives in the region.

Discover who wins week 29 of the 2015 Arch of Triumph competition

Discover who wins week 29 of the 2015 Arch of Triumph competition

With the Asian region winning the last FTWA competition we held two weeks ago, it has again entered a fine arch this week to try and increase its chances of overall victory in 2015. Nonetheless entries from North America, South America and Europe have also been entered this week meaning that this is no one […]

Peach Aviation launches tenth domestic route from Osaka Kansai

Peach Aviation launches tenth domestic route from Osaka Kansai

Peach Aviation provides daily service between Osaka Kansai and Miyazaki.


IBEX Airlines expands regional Japanese domestic network

IBEX Airlines expands regional Japanese domestic network

IBEX Airlines has launched three new domestic Japanese routes on 1 July.

ANA All Nippon Airways launches two domestic routes in Japan

ANA All Nippon Airways launches two domestic routes in Japan

ANA All Nippon Airways now flies from Fukuoka to Miyazaki as well as from Tokyo Narita Airport to Niigata.

New routes launched during the last week
(Saturday 16 January – Friday 22 January)

New routes launched during the last week (Saturday 16 January - Friday 22 January)Ok, mid-January is not really the best time to start new routes but we still found new routes starting this week involving airports in Belarus, China, Denmark, Germany, India, Italy, Latvia, Qatar, Sweden, Taiwan and the US. And where did an A380 turn up this week?