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| NEWS ARCHIVES | | | | JAL to cut 18% of routes | | 23 Sep 2009 | | | |
Troubled Japan Airlines is considering cutting 18 percent of its existing routes in an effort to reduce losses as a result of the global economic slump.
Business news daily Nikkei reported that Asia's largest carrier is set to abolish 50 loss-making routes, including those to 21 international destinations.
The report said as part of the cuts, JAL will discontinue 60 percent of international flights from Osaka's Kansai airport.
In addition to the already-announced elimination of flights between Kansai and London, JAL plans to end its service from Osaka to South Korea's Incheon, Singapore and Hanoi at the end of the business year to March 2010.
It will also discontinue flights linking Kansai with destinations in Europe and the United States, focusing instead on flights to Beijing and Shanghai, which are expected to see growing demand from business travelers.
On the domestic front, JAL plans to slash 29 routes and withdraw from seven domestic airports.
JAL lost more than one billion US dollars in the April to June quarter. |
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