Jetstar Japan sees 'a lot' of room for growth in int'l market, second largest Jetstar brand

Jetstar Japan CEO Miyuki Suzuki said (03-Dec-2014) that there is "a lot of room" for the carrier to grow in the international market as LCC currently account for 4.4% of the market. She added, "Japanese travellers have embraced low fares travel domestically since our launch in 2012." The carrier is now the second largest Jetstar branded airline in the Group after Jetstar Airways in Australia and is on track to transport seven million passengers by the end of this year. Jetstar Japan has an almost 60% share of the domestic LCC market in Japan. As previously reported, Jetstar Japan will launch its first international route from Osaka Kansai to Hong Kong in Feb-2015. [more - original PR]