Japan Airlines is adding extra capacity for the winter timetable, with some routes getting some useful capacity changes.
Let’s dive in
For those heading between Tokyo-Narita and Melbourne (Australia), there’s good news as the service will see an uplift from three flights a week to a daily service.
Meanwhile, the Tokyo-Narita and Shanghai-Pudong route will be resumed between 26th October 2025 and 28th March 2026 (with a break between 10th December and 17th December).
For those looking for Japan Airlines’ latest products on the long-haul segments, the airline is planning to introduce its Airbus A350-1000 on the Tokyo-Haneda to Paris Charles de Gaulle route, commencing on 9th November, operating on the JL45/JL46 flight pair. With this change, 12 daily flights will be operated across five routes from Tokyo Haneda (including New York twice daily, Dallas Fort Worth, London Heathrow, Paris Charles de Gaulle, and Los Angeles.
Finally, there is a capacity and class uplift between Tokyo and Hawaii, with leisure demand around the JAL Honolulu Marathon scheduled for December 14, 2025, and the year-end and New Year holidays. First Class service will be offered on these flights. Check when you book, as there will Boeing 787-8 operating from Tokyo Narita, and a Boeing 777-300ER operating on very limited dates towards the end of December/beginning of January.
Domestic uplifts
There are some uplfits on the Japan Airlines domestic network. They incliding
- Tokyo-Haneda- Sapporo (New Chitose) will increase from 17 to 18 round-trip flights per day between 6th January to February 2026
- Osaka (Itami)-Sapporo (New Chitose) will increase from 4 to 5 round-trip flights per day between 31st January to 28th February 2026
- Fukuoka-Okinawa (Naha) will increase from 6 to 7 round-trip flights per day between 26th October 2025 to 31st January 2026
- Nagoya (Chubu)-Okinawa (Naha) will increase from 4 to 5 round-trip flights per day between 26th December 2025 to 4th January 2026
- Flights to and from Sapporo (Okadama) will have seasonal adjustments during severe winter weather to improve responsiveness to irregular operations caused by adverse conditions.
A busy winter
Japan Airlines is preparing for a busy winter season, both at home and for international flights, with extra connectivity to Australia, China, the USA, a product uplift to Europe and some useful changes to connections to Sapporo and Okinawa, especially at key holiday periods.
This should offer its passengers some connections, as well as improved comfort.
With winter being a traditionally lower-travel period, it’s good to see growth in the network.
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