LCC

Japan a candidate to house planned super-collider
The Asahi Shimbun
An international physicist group plans to build an $8.75 billion (830 billion yen) particle accelerator with Japan as a leading candidate to be home to the 31-kilometer,...
BIZ BRIEF: Peach Aviation links Osaka with Sendai
Peach Aviation Ltd. has become the first low-cost carrier to connect Osaka with Sendai, the budget airline said on April 12.
ANALYSIS: Low cost flying arrives in luxury loving...
An AirAsia Japan plane readies for takeoff at Narita Airport in Chiba Prefecture. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
NARITA, Japan--Japan has a reputation for loving expensive things like overpriced real estate, gourmet melons and luxury brands. But the nation is finally discovering the joy...
Budget airlines bring jaw-dropping prices but also...
AirAsia CEO Tony Fernandes, third from right in the front row, in Tokyo on May 30. (Ryo Kato)
A price war among a new breed of low-cost airlines may be ushering in an era of cheap travel in Japan, but it is also bringing inconveniences unfamiliar to customers used to...
China's low-cost Spring Airlines adding stops in...
Wang Zhenghua (Photo by Keiko Nannichi)
China's major low-cost carrier (LCC), Spring Airlines Co., plans to increase its number of destinations in Japan from three to 10 over the next two to three years, Wang...
Peach sets low fares for Osaka-Seoul route
A flight attendant is about to clean a Peach Aviation aircraft. (Ryuichiro Takeshita)
Japanese low-cost carrier Peach Aviation Ltd. said March 27 it will charge 5,280 yen to 23,980 yen ($64 to $289) for one-way fares on its first international flight connecting...
Japan’s 1st low-cost carrier takes off
Flight attendants sell drinks and food on Peach Aviation Ltd.’s flight to Fukuoka on March 1. (Yoshinori Mizuno)
Passenger feedback was generally positive for the inaugural flights of Japan’s first low-cost carrier on March 1.
JAL expects more passengers with increase of...
Japan Airlines plans to boost international passenger transport by 25 percent by 2016. (The Asahi Shimbun)
With the introduction of the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Japan Airlines Co. is forecasting 25 percent growth in passenger transport along international routes by fiscal 2016.
Nation's first low-cost carrier to fly out of Kansai
Pink-toned Peach Aviation cabin crew uniforms (The Asahi shimbun)
Based out of Kansai International Airport (KIX), Japan's first full-fledged low-cost carrier (LCC), Peach Aviation, will begin flying next spring. Kansai Airport, debt-ridden...
Kansai airport starts on terminal for low-cost...
Work to construct a new terminal exclusively for low-cost carriers is under way at Kansai International Airport off the coast of Osaka Prefecture on Oct. 19. (Norihiko Shinjo)
OSAKA--Hoping to attract more low-cost carriers (LCC), Kansai International Airport has embarked on constructing a new terminal exclusively for these growing breed of airlines.
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