While severe management continues due to the influence of the new coronavirus, major airlines are focusing on efforts to secure profits outside their main business, such as arranging in-flight meals for home use and starting sales online.
Of these, Japan Airlines began selling in-flight meals online to the general public from this month.
Frozen foods based on 6 types of menus such as katsudon and ginger-grilled foods offered on international flights are sold, and they are served on the same tray as the actual in-flight meal so that you can enjoy the atmosphere of air travel. increase.
The company will sell tens of thousands of meals this month and plans to continue selling while changing the menu from next month onwards.
Daisuke Ando of Japan Airlines, who is in charge of sales, said, "It is difficult for the time being to fully resume overseas travel, so we would like to grow this product sales business as a pillar of earnings."
ANA Holdings is also focusing on securing profits outside the passenger business, such as online sales of in-flight meals and efforts to utilize international passenger planes, which have reduced operational opportunities, as restaurants and wedding halls.
Due to the impact of the new coronavirus, the two major airlines are expected to reduce 30% of domestic flights and 80% of international flights next month, and the situation where the recovery of users cannot be expected continues.