In December 2023, Jetstar Japan resumed flights from Tokyo Narita to Shanghai and launched flights to Asahikawa. In further expansion, the airline announced it will launch another new domestic route, Fukuoka – Sapporo, and resume flights between Osaka and Taipei in March 2024.
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Jetstar Japan’s to Launch Fukuoka – Sapporo Route in March 2024
Jetstar Japan’s Fukuoka – Sapporo route will operate for the first time on March 31, 2024. From then on, it will operate daily with the following schedule:
- GK983 / Fukuoka – Sapporo New Chitose / 2:20PM – 4:40PM
- GK984 / Sapporo New Chitose – Fukuoka / 5:20PM – 7:50PM
The route will be operated using Jetstar Japan’s A320-200s. As such, 180 seats in a 3-3 layout will be available on each flight.
Multiple Japanese airlines operate this domestic route already. Both JAL and ANA, as well as Skymark Airlines, connect the cities more than daily. Air Do and Peach offer daily flights too.
Jetstar Japan also operates flights from both Fukuoka and Sapporo New Chitose to Tokyo Narita and Osaka Kansai. Additionally, as mentioned in the introduction, it recently started flying from Tokyo Narita to Asahikawa which is close to Sapporo.
Jetstar Japan to Resume Osaka Kansai – Taipei Taoyuan in March 2024
Jetstar Japan will return on the Osaka Kansai – Taipei Taoyuan route on March 31, 2024, the same day it will launch its new domestic route. The inaugural flight back to Osaka will take place a day later, on April 1, 2024, due to the schedule.
From then on, the flights will operate once a day as follows:
- GK51 / Osaka Kansai – Taipei Taoyuan / 11:35PM – 1:30AM+1
- GK50 / Taipei Taoyuan – Osaka Kansai / 2:30AM – 6:05AM
Jetstar Japan will use the A320-200 on this route too.
The resumption will mark Jetstar Japan’s return on the route after an approximately five-year-long hiatus.
Many airlines including members of all the three major alliances (EVA Air from Star Alliance, China Airlines from SkyTeam, and JAL and Cathay Pacific from oneworld) and low-cost airlines (Peach, Tigerair, and Thai VietJet Air) currently operate the route. Malindo and Starlux also fly between Osaka Kansai and Taipei Taoyuan.
In addition to the upcoming route from Osaka Kansai, Jetstar Japan also serves Taipei Taoyuan out of Tokyo Narita. Other international destinations the airline serves include Manila (from Tokyo Narita and Nagoya Chubu) and Shanghai Pudong (from Tokyo Narita).
Summary
Further expanding its domestic network, Jetstar Japan will launch flights between Fukuoka and Sapporo at the end of March 2024. This will be the first new domestic route for the airline since launching Tokyo Narita – Asahikawa back in December 2023.
Jetstar Japan will also continue to rebuild its international network by resuming flights between Osaka Kansai and Taipei Taoyuan that last operated about five years ago.
Both of the routes will be operated daily using the A320-200. On both of these routes, Jetstar will face significant competition from multiple full-service and low-cost airlines.
