Hawaiian Airlines introduced a new transpacific service on Monday 12 May by inaugurating operations between Seattleand Tokyo NRT. The 7,675-kilometre service will be maintained daily with the A330-200 aircraft. As a member of the Alaska Airlines Group, Hawaiian Airlines will complement JAL’s daily rotation between the two cities. Flight HA823 departs Seattle at 13:40 local […]
May 19, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Long-haul low-cost carrier ZIPAIR inaugurated flights between Tokyo NRT and Houston IAH on Tuesday 4 March. The 10,690-kilometre service will be maintained 4-weekly, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, with a 290-seat 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft. It faces competition from daily United flights on the route. Flight ZG15 departs Tokyo NRT at 10:00 local time, arriving […]
March 6, 2025 | Latest Route News +
Iberia chose the first day of the 2024/25 winter season on Sunday 27 October to launch a new intercontinental service between Madrid and Tokyo NRT. The 10,795-kilometre route will be maintained 3-weekly, departing the Spanish capital on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays with the 348-seat A350-900 aircraft. The Oneworld member faces no competition between the two […]
October 31, 2024 | Latest Route News +
American launched flights between New York JFK and Tokyo HND on Friday 28 June, becoming the only US carrier to fly between the two airports. The 10,900-kilometre route will be maintained daily with the 777-200 aircraft. The new service will complement American’s partner Japan Airlines, which flies between the two cities 2-daily, and will compete […]
July 5, 2024 | Latest Route News +
ZIPAIR (IATA code ZG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, entered the Canadian market with the introduction of flights between Tokyo NRT and Vancouver on Wednesday 13 March. The long-haul LCC will initially maintain the 7,520-kilometre service 3-weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, with the 290-seat 787-8 aircraft. Services will increase to 5-weekly from 23 […]
March 15, 2024 | Latest Route News +
ZIPAIR (IATA code ZG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, has added a fourth US destination from its home base at Tokyo NRT. On Friday 2 June the carrier began 5-weekly operations on the 8,245-kilometre service to San Francisco. It will operate the 290-seat 787-8s on the route on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. ZIPAIR will complement […]
June 8, 2023 | Latest Route News +
WestJet has introduced its first destination in Asia by launching seasonal flights between its hub in Calgary and Tokyo NRT on Sunday 30 April. The 7,970-kilometre service will be maintained 3-weekly, on Mondays, Fridays and Sundays departing Calgary, and on Mondays, Tuesdays and Saturdays from the Japanese capital. WestJet faces no competition on the route, which […]
May 5, 2023 | Latest Route News +
ZIPAIR (IATA code ZG), a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines, has added a third US destination from its home base at Tokyo NRT. On Monday 12 December the carrier began 3-weekly service (increasing to 5-weekly in January) on the 8,300-kilometre route to San José SJC in California. It will operate 290-seat 787-8s on the […]
December 20, 2022 | Latest Route News +
With significant travel restrictions in place, new intercontinental routes to/from destinations in Asia have been few and far between since the start of the pandemic. So congratulations to ZIPAIR (IATA code ZG), the low-cost medium/long-haul subsidiary of Japan Airlines for starting service, on Christmas Day no less, between Tokyo NRT and Los Angeles. The 3-weekly […]
January 11, 2022 | Latest Route News +