2025/09/19 02:09
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Total arriving flights: 3,253
Year-over-year change: +0.07%
Jetstar Japan handled steady summer demand in August 2025, with 3,253 arriving flights and a +0.07% year-over-year change. Traffic was supported by domestic leisure flows around Obon travel peaks and stable short‑haul demand to nearby Asian markets. Capacity deployment focused on maintaining frequency on core trunk routes, which helped preserve market presence while avoiding oversupply.
On-time arrival rate: 0.92%
Change in on-time rate: +0.00 percentage points
Cancelled flights: 34
Year-over-year change (cancellations): -0.81%
Punctuality reached 0.92%, an adjustment of +0.00 percentage points, while cancellations totaled 34 with a -0.81% year‑over‑year change. Performance was influenced by localized thunderstorms around Tokyo Bay and periodic air traffic flow management restrictions. Jetstar Japan mitigated impacts by pre‑positioning crews, refining turnaround checklists at Narita and Kansai, and flexing spare aircraft time to protect peak‑bank departures.
Tokyo Narita serves as the principal hub, with Osaka Kansai and Nagoya Chubu as key bases supporting dense domestic connectivity. Short‑haul links to Taipei, Hong Kong, and Southeast Asia complement trunk routes and help balance weekday business and weekend leisure flows. Banked departures are timed to support convenient connections across Japan, minimizing layovers during peak evening waves.
For travelers, Jetstar Japan offers reliable short‑haul options with improving schedule integrity; passengers connecting at Narita and Kansai should allow standard transfer times during evening peaks. Expect punctuality to remain stable as storm‑season procedures and gate‑turn refinements continue. Looking ahead, the carrier plans to balance capacity on core domestic routes and opportunistically add frequencies on resilient leisure corridors into early autumn.