Japan Airlines to Double New York Flights

JAL has confirmed it will increase flight frequency on its Tokyo (Narita) - New York (JFK) route from 7 weekly round trip flights to 14 weekly round trip flights, starting 30 March 2014.

The second daily flight from Tokyo (Narita) to New York (JFK) will depart Narita in the evening, and the return flight from New York will depart in the morning to provide customers with more travel options and convenience.

The new service will also offer improved accessibility to and from South America, where demand for air travel is robustly growing. JAL's newest service will also significantly shorten transit times via New York for customers traveling to/from South America.

Accessibility to and from cities throughout Asia via Tokyo (Narita) will also greatly improve with the number of same-day connections increasing from six cities to 12 cities.

Transit times at Tokyo (Narita) will also be further improved for passengers connecting from Asia to North America.