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Old 05-14-2018, 05:23 AM
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JAL to launch long-haul LCC in 2020

14 May, 2018
| SOURCE: Flight Dashboard
| BY: Ellis Taylor
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Japan Airlines will establish a new Tokyo Narita-based low-cost unit focused on long-haul routes that will start operations in 2020.

The Oneworld carrier says the as-yet unnamed carrier will operate two Boeing 787-8s and fly to destinations in Asia, Europe and the Americas.

It adds that the unit’s long-haul focus will complement the domestic and regional international services of Jetstar Japan, in which it holds a 47.1% economic interest and 33.3% voting stake.

“When JAL establishes the new LCC business, the company aims to create new demand, working along with the successful services provided by Jetstar Japan, which features domestic and short-haul international flights,” it says.

Qantas holds an equal interest in Jetstar Japan, with Century Tokyo Corporation and Mitsubishi making up the remainder.

The company that will operate the new low-cost carrier will be established in June, with details on its capitalisation to be announced at a later date. It will be a consolidated subsidiary of JAL group, and fits with its strategy of developing new business streams.

JAL’s announcement of the new carrier follows a report in Bloomberg last week quoting a senior executive who said that the premium carrier was analyzing launching a new low-cost unit.

At that time, JAL told FlightGlobal that no decision had been made, and that the analysis was part of its usual course of business.

The launch comes as rival ANA Holdings prepares to merge two of its budget brands – Vanilla Air and Peach – ahead of a planned launch on medium-haul routes in 2020.
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Interesting.
I kept hearing rumors of Jalways coming back....
Maybe this will be that instead.
Contract work to come I suppose.
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Originally Posted by PotatoChip View Post
Interesting.
I kept hearing rumors of Jalways coming back....
Maybe this will be that instead.
Contract work to come I suppose.
I have a feeling that it will be under the JetStar Japan brand...!
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History repeating itself. Japan Air Service in the early 90s was running DC
-10s with expats out of Honolulu doing long haul in place of JAL
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Japan Airlines confirms low-cost long-haul plan - Air & Cosmos - International

Getting closer to reality. Starting with two 787s.
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Yeah, that (Jalways) worked out so well for the gaijins last time.

I wouldn’t trust JAL as far as I could throw Mt Fuji. Japan is a great country but expats are definitely second tier employees.
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Yeah, that (Jalways) worked out so well for the gaijins last time.

I wouldn’t trust JAL as far as I could throw Mt Fuji. Japan is a great country but expats are definitely second tier employees.
Always have been, always will be; but they can’t operate without us.
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Originally Posted by PotatoChip View Post
Always have been, always will be; but they can’t operate without us.
Ah, but they can... Just a bunch of "spare airplanes" parked on the cargo ramp...
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Ah, but they can... Just a bunch of "spare airplanes" parked on the cargo ramp...
LOL. NCA currently has one spare 747-8, and operates seven. I mean, that's efficiency, right?
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Originally Posted by PotatoChip View Post
LOL. NCA currently has one spare 747-8, and operates seven. I mean, that's efficiency, right?
In NCA's case specifically it was self inflicted.
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