All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, which are major airlines, are forced to reduce passenger flights, and are planning to significantly increase the handling of international cargo, whose demand is growing, to raise profits.
All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines plan to suspend or reduce 80% of international flights and 40% of domestic flights next month.
On the other hand, in the field of international freight, cargo movements related to semiconductors and automobiles are increasing in both exports and imports, and demand is expanding due to imports of pharmaceuticals and medical equipment from Europe and the United States and game equipment from East Asia. ..
In response to this situation, ANA has significantly increased the number of international cargo flights, and in addition to regular flights of about 500 flights a month, by skipping extra flights and converting passenger planes to cargo flights, 2138 flights this month, We plan to operate 1958 flights next month.
On the other hand, Japan Airlines, which does not have a dedicated cargo plane, plans to convert passenger planes to freight flights and operate 1,100 flights this month and next month.
Rates of transport along with the growth in demand also means that has risen to nearly double the previous outbreak, in which not stand the prospect of infection convergence, is the idea that you want to raise revenue by All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines both cargo business.