ANA and JAL saw remarkable recoveries of international flight passengers, particularly on the Hawaii routes, during this year’s Golden Week holiday period

ANA and JAL carried more passengers on both domestic and international routes and considerably improved the load factors during this year’s Golden Week holiday period between April 29 and May 7 2023. 

On the domestic routes, ANA increased passengers by 20.6% year on year to 1.05 million with the load factor of 69.2%, 5.6 higher points than a year ago, and JAL by 11.7% to 930,000 with the load factor of 78.2%, 9.9 higher points than a year ago.

ANA carried 152,000 passengers on the busiest day of May 3, which were the most passengers a day since the pandemic happened. JAL achieved the high load factor as it reduced available seats during the period. 

On the international routes, ANA increased passengers by 175.3% year on year to 163,000 with the load factor of 76%, 6.3 higher points than a year ago, and JAL by 129.8% to 152,000 with the load factor of 72.3%, 9.3 higher points than a year ago. 

ANA remarkably carried 5.4 times more passengers on the Hawaii route, recovering the demand to 90% or more of the pre-pandemic level. Also, ANA saw good recoveries of leisure travelers from Japan to Bangkok, Seoul and Taipei. 

JAL also increased passengers on the Honolulu route, operating full-flights on the busiest day, and saw higher load factors on Bangkok, Manila and Seoul flights. 

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