22-Mar-2010 9:29 AM

Japanese carriers report passenger and cargo traffic fell sharply in 2009

Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism reports (15-Mar-2010) the following traffic highlights for the 12 months ended 31-Dec-2009 for all the Japanese carriers:

Domestic routes:
- Passenger numbers: 83.9 million, -9.6% year-on-year;
- RPK: -9.2%;
- ASK: -4.3%;
- Passenger load factor: 61.3%, -3.3 ppts;
- Cargo volume: 940,699 tonnes, -6.0%;
- Passenger numbers for the top 5 city pair:
  - Tokyo (Haneda)-New Chitose: 9.0 million, -6.5%;
  - Tokyo (Haneda)-Fukuoka: 7.5 million, -8.5%;
  - Tokyo (Haneda)-Osaka: 5.2 million, -10%;
  - Tokyo (Haneda)-Naha: 5.1 million, -7.8%
  - Tokyo (Haneda)-Kagoshima: 2.2 million, -6.3%;
International routes:
- Passenger numbers: 15.4 million, -6.3% year-on-year;
- RPK: -7.7%;
- ASK: -10.1%;
- Passenger load factor: 69.6%, +1.8 ppts;
- Cargo volume: 1.2 million tonnes, -10.9%;
- Passenger numbers by routes:
  - China: 3.1 million, -1.9%;
  - Korea: 2.3 million, -3.1%;
  - Others Asia: 4.7 million, -3.3%;
  - US continent: 1.6 million, -9.4%;
  - Pacific (Hawaii and Guam): 2.0 million, -5.2%;
  - Europe: 1.5 million, -4.9%;
  - Oceania: 259,500, -14.3%.

Japanese carriers report passenger and cargo traffic fell sharply in 2009

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