Large number of consecutive holidays Shinkansen bullet trains and empty flights are expected to significantly reduce users

Large-scale consecutive holidays Expected to significantly reduce users such as Shinkansen bullet trains and air flights April 19 19:08

The large holidays this year are expected to significantly reduce the number of users of transportation facilities such as the Shinkansen and domestic air services.

According to JR companies, as of 4:00 pm on the 28th, the occupancy rate of unreserved seats on the Shinkansen is almost 10% or less for both up and down lines.

This means that during the long holidays, reservations for Shinkansen reserved seats decreased to about 5% of the same period last year.

On the other hand, with regard to empty flights, during the period of large holidays, all airlines have drastically reduced flights, such as 85% for ANA and 60% for Japan Airlines on domestic flights.

According to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, domestic airline companies make about 10% of the reservations made at the same time last year.

In addition, the traffic volume is decreasing on expressways all over the country, and the traffic volume of small cars in the main sections at the end of this month is about 50 to 60% on weekdays and 20% on Saturdays and Sundays compared to the previous year. It means that it has fallen to about 30%.

Expressway companies will not apply the 30% discount on weekends and holidays that are implemented on local expressways from the 29th to the 6th of next month, except on the outskirts of Tokyo and Osaka, and will not announce the traffic congestion forecast announced every year. Is that.

In addition, highway companies have once again called for refraining from going out unnecessarily to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and to avoid unnecessary moving such as going home or traveling as much as possible.