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JAL
is to launch a daily service between Haneda Airport, Tokyo and Hongqiao International Airport, Shanghai from
September 29, 2007.
The
new JAL route will provide customers traveling between the city centers of Tokyo and Shanghai with even greater convenience.
Hongqiao International Airport (SHA) is located only 13 kilometers away from Shanghai’s city center, and central Tokyo can be reached in
just under 30 minutes from Haneda (HND).
Initially, the airline will operate a B767 on the new route, but from October 28 it will be replaced by a 747-400 to meet expected increases in
passenger demand.
The new service will be launched exactly 35 years to the day after diplomatic ties between Japan and China were normalized on September
29, 1972. The resumption of diplomatic ties paved the way for JAL to start operating its first flights to Beijing and Shanghai in September
1974.
JAL currently offers 5 flights a day between Narita International Airport, Tokyo (NRT) and Pudong International Airport, Shanghai (PVG). This
includes a daily JAL code share flight operated by China Eastern Airlines. Flight frequency between the two cities will therefore increase to 6
flights per week once the new Haneda – Hongqiao service is inaugurated.
At present, JAL serves 12 cities in China on 29 routes with a total of 287 flights per week, including code shares. From September 29, 2007
the network will increase to 30 routes and 294 flights per week.
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