March 8) Japan Airlines’s newly launched low-cost carrier (LCC) subsidiary announced its corporate name and business plans on Friday.
According to TBL, a preparatory corporation before launching carrier service, it is called ZIPAIR Tokyo and hoping to start regular flight services from Tokyo Narita to Bangkok and Seoul as early as mid-2020, just before Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic games.
The new airliner will start flight services with two Boeing 787-8s leased from Japan Airlines.
ZIPAIR wishes to enter Narita to US west coast destinations as early as 2021.
Destinations of Bangkok and Seoul were selected as high traffic routes connecting with Japan.
However, as more LCCs and legacy airlines are operating on the same routes, ZIPAIR will appeal with half the price of legacy airlines and more spacious cabin for passengers to differentiate with them.
