JAL Announces New Routes For Nagoya

JAL will be launching two new daily routes, Nagoya (Chubu)–Bangkok and Osaka (Kansai)–Los Angeles, commencing December 20 and March 20 respectively.

These are JAL’s first international flights from Chubu Centrair International Airport in a decade and it’s first from Kansai International in six years. Following their launch, the airline becomes the only Japanese carrier to offer non-stop flights on these two routes.

The capital of Thailand is rapidly growing in significance for Japanese enterprises, with JALcurrently operating three daily Tokyo (Narita and Haneda)–Bangkok flights and one daily Osaka (Kansai)–Bangkok service.

The route will initially be operated with a B767-300ER, changing to a B787-8 from January.

 JAL’s upcoming B787-8 operated LA connection joins its existing daily service from Tokyo (Narita) and, thanks to its partnership with American Airlines, passengers can reach 37 additional US destinations from the West Coast city. 

To meet the robust travel demand to Japan, the carrier also plans to introduce larger aircraft on select routes from Tokyo (Narita)–Taipei (Taoyuan) and Tokyo (Haneda)–Taipei (Songshan).

Smaller aircraft are planned for introduction on select Nagoya (Chubu)–Shanghai, Tokyo (Narita)–Shanghai and Tokyo (Narita)–Beijing flights, with weekly frequency being decreased, from four to three, on its Tokyo (Narita)–Seoul (Incheon) route from December.