JAL's Passenger Traffic Results for 2014 Golden Week Vacation Period

JAL has revealed its passenger traffic results for the annual Japanese "Golden Week" vacation that stretched from Friday, 25 April to Tuesday, 6 May 2014.

Compared to the holiday period last year, capacity during this period was 2.2% more on international routes and 2.9% less on domestic routes.

JAL carried a total of 288,495 passengers on its international flights and 1,099,695 passengers on the group's domestic flights, which represents a 4.7% increase in travellers that went abroad, and 1.4% decrease in travel within the country versus a year ago.

In spite of shorter span of this year's holidays, the passenger count on routes to resort destinations such as Hawaii and Guam was in good shape. As a result, the total passenger count on the international routes has been approximately five percentage points up compared to last year, and the seat load factor is about two percentage points up to 79.6% than last year.

Within Japan, JAL offered capacity approximately 3% down than last year, and the seat load factor was one percentage point up compared to last year. On Kyushu routes, the seat load factor increased by more than five percentage points compared to last year thanks to the demand for homecoming and domestic travel.