Budget airline Jetstar Japan, part-owned by Australia’s Qantas, said Wednesday it will launch domestic flights serving five major destinations as Japan’s aviation industry enters a period of change.The new service, slated to begin July 3, is the latest chapter in a bid to open up a market... 

AirAsia X will double its frequency on the Kuala Lumpur-Tokyo Haneda route to meet demand in the Asia-Pacific region.The airline will increase its flights from three to six times weekly from March 23.It said this was to service its core markets in Australasia, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea after demand... 

Air France expects to cancel about 200 flights on Sunday as a result of a five-day cabin crew strike over employment terms that began on Saturday in the middle of a busy holiday period.The carrier, which canceled 10 long-haul flights to destinations such as New York, Tokyo, Montreal, Abu Dhabi as well... 

I parked the car in Tokyo so it should be ok, said Tokyo resident Takashi Fukuzaki as he headed to the United Airlines counter at Honolulu International Airport this morning.Fukuzaki and other visitors from Japan don’t know exactly what to expect to see when they get home. That’s because... 

Qatar Airways will be operating four flights a week between Doha and Medina.Qatar Airways is set to significantly increase flights to Saudi Arabia with the introduction of a fourth destination and additional services to existing markets, representing a dramatic 71% rise in frequency.The Doha–Medina... 

Touching down ahead of schedule Thursday evening at Hilo International Airport, the newest United Airlines direct flight from Los Angeles reunited families and brought home a native son.Thursday’s flight launched United’s new daily nonstop service between Los Angeles International Airport and Hilo.... 

Travelers can begin looking forward to nonstop flights from Boston to Tokyo.Japan Airlines announced Friday that it will begin flying directly from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport in April 2012.Boston is the largest U.S. market without nonstop... 

Singapore Airlines is to operate one of its Airbus A380 superjumbos on the Singapore-Tokyo Narita-Los Angeles route from 1 July 2011.The launch, initially scheduled for 27 March 2011, was postponed following the 11 March earthquake in Japan.Los Angeles will be the eighth destination in the Singapore... 

Qantas Airways Ltd says improvements to infrastructure in the Japanese capital mean it will be able to resume direct flights from Sydney to Tokyo Narita on Tuesday.The Flying Kangaroo has operated its Sydney-Narita flights via Hong Kong following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami last month.This avoided... 

Air France has resumed operation of its direct flights to Tokyo-Narita as of 8 April. Since the beginning of the catastrophic earthquake that hit Japan, flights to Tokyo made an intermediate stopover in Seoul-Incheon as a temporary base for flight crews. Air France did not suspend its service to Japan...