ROUTES ASIA: Domestic Skies: Japan - An Analysis of the Local Market

Every week The HUB provides statistics highlighting airline and airport activity in an individual domestic market, showing its historical development over the past 30 years, the key operators during this period.

In the third and final of the three special The HUB Daily publications for Routes Asia we highlight the Japanese domestic market. During the period the number of annual flights has grown from 376,800 to 689,741 last year and seat capacity showing amazing development from 64.63 million in 1982 to 125.87 million in 2011.

Year

Departures

% Change

Available Seats

% Change

Leading Operating Airlines (Marketshare)

Scheduled Air Services in Japan (non-stop departures)

1982

376,800

-

64,635,117

-

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (55.0 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (20.0%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.1 %)

1983

369,322

(-2.0) %

62,128,661

(-3.9) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (52.8 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (21.7%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.5 %)

1984

377,236

2.1 %

68,891,201

10.9 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (55.0 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (21.3%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.0 %)

1985

389,090

3.1 %

74,679,735

8.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (54.5 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (20.8%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.7 %)

1986

385,716

(-0.9) %

75,822,872

1.5 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (53.8 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (21.8%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.8 %)

1987

396,669

2.8 %

78,120,611

3.0 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (51.5 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (21.7%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.8 %)

1988

409,907

3.3 %

82,240,137

5.3 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (52.7 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (21.5%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.4 %)

1989

410,525

0.2 %

85,067,323

3.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (51.7 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (22.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.6 %)

1990

435,839

6.2 %

90,176,506

6.0 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (50.8 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (22.1%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.8 %)

1991

444,564

2.0 %

93,462,570

3.6 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (48.9 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (22.5%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.6 %)

1992

449,351

1.1 %

96,126,652

2.9 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (46.2 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.4%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.4 %)

1993

477,653

6.3 %

107,431,215

11.8 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (47.2 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (22.7%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.2 %)

1994

498,395

4.3 %

114,133,519

6.2 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (47.1 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (22.0%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.7 %)

1995

541,768

8.7 %

123,493,239

8.2 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (55.0 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (20.0%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.1 %)

1996

560,014

3.4 %

126,442,804

2.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (45.5 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.9 %)

1997

583,493

4.2 %

130,552,154

3.2 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (45.2 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (20.4 %)

1998

607,485

4.1 %

138,868,646

6.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (45.9 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.4%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (19.1 %)

1999

616,516

1.5 %

142,214,010

2.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (44.5 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.4%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.8 %)

2000

625,835

1.5 %

143,270,152

0.7 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (43.6 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.7%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.1 %)

2001

623,308

(-0.4) %

144,779,179

1.1 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (43.2 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (17.5 %)

2002

645,3,97

3.5 %

146,963,758

1.5 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (42.0 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.0%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (16.7 %)

2003

637,502

(-1.2) %

145,397,575

(-1.1) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (41.4 %)

JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (23.4%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (17.2 %)

2004

613,334

(-3.8) %

140,862,945

(-3.1) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (40.0%)

JAL DOMESTIC (16.8 %)

JAPAN AIRLINES (16.1 %)

2005

624,475

1.8 %

139,003,671

(-1.3) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (39.4%)

JAL DOMESTIC (21.2 %)

JAPAN AIRLINES (16.3 %)

2006

653,542

4.7 %

142,946,780

2.8 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (40.1%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (21.4 %)

JAL DOMESTIC (14.2 %)

2007

661,659

1.2 %

144,994,442

1.4 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (39.7%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (33.9 %)

AIR NIPPON (6.5 %)

2008

653,658

(-1.2) %

140,932,237

(-2.8) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (38.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (32.7 %)

AIR NIPPON (6.6 %)

2009

655,564

0.3 %

136,139,975

(-3.4) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (37.2%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (31.4 %)

AIR NIPPON (6.3 %)

2010

673,847

2.8 %

131,132,297

(-3.7) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (36.9%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (27.7 %)

AIR NIPPON (6.6 %)

2011

689,741

2.4 %

125,868,924

(-4.0) %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (41.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (18.5 %)

AIR NIPPON (7.8 %)

2012

707,513

2.6 %

129,305,236

2.7 %

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS (47.6%)

JAPAN AIRLINES (17.5 %)

JAL EXPRESS (9.0 %)

Richard Maslen

Richard Maslen has travelled across the globe to report on developments in the aviation sector as airlines and airports have continued to evolve and…