Route Network Expansion

To contribute to communities as a social infrastructure, the JAL Group aims to build a future where people and goods move freely between cities and rural areas. Maintaining community lifelines is our social mission.
To expand route networks, we will work to maintain and develop outlying island routes and regional routes, and increase traffic between cities and rural areas.
To achieve this, we will adjust routes and use resources of the JAL Group's community-based regional carriers (J-AIR, JAC, HAC, JTA, RAC). In addition, we will provide a system to encourage a hybrid workstyle and lifestyle that "balances life in the city and countryside."

We will continue to further strengthen the international transit hub function at Narita Airport and expand our network across the JAL Group by utilizing FSCs and LCCs.

As a pioneer among Japan's medium- and long-haul low-cost carriers, ZIPAIR Tokyo began operations in 2020 and serves a network connecting Narita with North America and Southeast Asia. Looking ahead to further growth and in response to strong travel demand across the Pacific, we will expand our network primarily focused on North American routes. Additionally, by broadening options including high-value-added services, we aim to meet the diversifying needs of our customers and contribute to further increasing the number of visitors to Japan as well as related inbound populations.

SPRING JAPAN, as a China-focused low-cost carrier within the JAL Group, operates a network connecting Narita with various cities across China. Going forward, leveraging the sales strength and brand power of our partner, SPRING AIRLINES, we will serve as a bridge between Japan and China by developing new routes to Chinese cities with populations exceeding 10 million as well as destinations without direct flights. Through these efforts, we aim to contribute to the expansion of inbound travel from China, which is expected to continue growing.

Jetstar Japan, boasting a strong domestic network in the Tokyo metropolitan area, focuses its business primarily on domestic flights centered around Narita Airport. Going forward, we will expand our route network connecting Japan with East and Southeast Asia, where strong inbound demand is expected. Anchored by our “dual brand strategy,” which combines the strengths of the low-cost Jetstar brand and the full-service JAL brand, we aim to contribute to the creation and expansion of passenger traffic.

The JAL Group has regional airlines that operate routes connecting regional cities and outlying islands, such as Hokkaido Air System, J-AIR, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air and Ryukyu Air Commuter. We will ensure sustainable route operations that are essential to outlying islands and similar regions, fulfill our function as a transportation infrastructure for communities, connect regions and the world, expand consumption through the movement and distribution of people and goods, and thereby contribute to regional revitalization.

EAS LLP is working on the following businesses to promote collaboration among the member airlines.