{"id":5226,"date":"2023-04-17T10:38:31","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:38:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5226"},"modified":"2023-04-17T10:38:31","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T10:38:31","slug":"nice-zipair-now-has-four-us-bound-boeing-787-routes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviation-news.info\/?p=5226","title":{"rendered":"Nice: ZIPAIR Now Has Four US-Bound Boeing 787 Routes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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ZIPAIR\u00a0has four US routes from Tokyo Narita: Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and San Jose. The Japanese carrier, which only uses\u00a0Boeing 787-8s, is a low-cost, no-frills, wholly-owned subsidiary of\u00a0Japan Airlines.<\/p>\n

Four US routes (for now)<\/h2>\n

Details of the four\u00a0routes<\/a>\u00a0are shown in the following table. They include a new, five-weekly\u00a0Tokyo Narita\u00a0to San Francisco service, which begins on June 2nd. A huge market, it has head-to-head competition with All Nippon, Japan Airlines, and United Airlines, along with much indirect competition from Haneda.<\/p>\n

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ZIPAIR began San Jose on December 12th, 2022. It is the third airline to attempt the route. The first was\u00a0American<\/a>, which operated between 1991 and 2006 because of its then-San Jose hub. Then it was\u00a0All Nippon\u00a0between 2013 and 2020.<\/p>\n

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Photo: ZIPAIR.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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ZIPAIR’s US network<\/h2>\n

ZIPAIR’s network is shown below, along with a summary of direct and indirect competition.<\/p>\n

Looking at Los Angeles, if all airlines from Tokyo Narita and Haneda are combined, there are 11 daily flights.\u00a0This makes the Japanese capital Los Angeles’ second most-served international market at the\u00a0city level<\/strong><\/a>, behind only London (up to 13 daily). At the airport level, Narita-Los Angeles doesn’t rank in the top 10, while Haneda, with seven daily services, is sixth.<\/p>\n

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ZIPAIR from Tokyo Narita to…<\/th>\nFlights<\/th>\nCompetition from Narita?<\/th>\nFlights from Haneda?<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Honolulu<\/td>\nThree weekly<\/td>\nAll Nippon (daily to double daily), Hawaiian Airlines (six weekly), Japan Airlines (daily to nine weekly)<\/td>\nAll Nippon (daily), Hawaiian Airlines (daily to 12 weekly), Japan Airlines (double daily)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Los Angeles<\/td>\nDaily<\/td>\nAll Nippon (daily), Japan Airlines (daily), Singapore Airlines (daily)*<\/td>\nAmerican Airlines (double daily), All Nippon (double daily), Delta (daily), Japan Airlines (daily), United (daily)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Francisco<\/td>\nFive weekly (starts June 2nd)<\/td>\nAll Nippon (daily), Japan Airlines (daily), United Airlines (daily)<\/td>\nAll Nippon (daily), Japan Airlines (daily), United Airlines (daily)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
San Jose<\/td>\nFive weekly<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\nNone<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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ZIPAIR has six 787-8s<\/h2>\n

ZIPAIR, whose first revenue-generating passenger flight was in October 2020, currently has six 787-8s. Averaging 9.3 years, each is from parent Japan Airlines. According to\u00a0ch-aviation.com<\/a>, the most recent deliveries were in March 2023 (JA850J) and April (JA827J).<\/p>\n

It expects two more 787-8s in the financial years ending March 2025 and March 2026. By early 2026, it should therefore have ten aircraft in its fleet.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Lukas Souza | Simple Flying.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Each 787 has the same configuration. There are 290 seats: 18 in business (called ZIP Full-Flat) and 272 in economy. There is no seat-back entertainment, and everything is unbundled, even in business.<\/p>\n

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Japan to the US<\/h2>\n

Examining the full Japan-US non-stop\u00a0passenger\u00a0<\/strong>market this northern summer using Cirium data shows 37 airport pairs. These include the US territories of Guam and Saipan:<\/p>\n

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  • Fukuoka<\/strong>: Guam, Honolulu<\/li>\n
  • Nagoya<\/strong>: Guam, Honolulu<\/li>\n
  • Osaka<\/strong>: Guam, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco<\/li>\n
  • Tokyo Haneda<\/strong>: Atlanta, Chicago O’Hare, Dallas Fort Worth, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Newark, New York JFK, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington Dulles<\/li>\n
  • Tokyo Narita<\/strong>: Boston, Chicago O’Hare, Denver, Dallas Fort Worth, Guam, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Kona, Los Angeles, Newark, New York JFK, Saipan, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Seattle<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Will you be flying between Japan and the US soon? If so, let us know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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