Japan has some of the most intriguing Domestic Flight Operations in the world, offering a fascinating blend of convenience, efficiency, and quirks not seen anywhere else. Some of these flights are incredibly busy, such as the Tokyo-Sapporo route, for example, which ranks as one of the busiest air routes globally. This justifies the use of widebody aircraft on many of these flights, with the largest Japanese airlines, ANA and JAL, having dedicated domestic widebody aircraft in their fleets. Today, we are flying one such specially configured aircraft on Japan’s National Airline from Tokyo to Kumamoto onboard the rare Boeing 767!
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Japan has some of the most intriguing Domestic Flight Operations in the world, offering a fascinating blend of convenience, efficiency, and quirks not seen anywhere else. Some of these flights are incredibly busy, such as the Tokyo-Sapporo route, which ranks as one of the busiest air routes globally. This justifies the use of widebody aircraft on
Many of these flights, with the largest Japanese airlines, ANA and JAL, having dedicated domestic widebody aircraft in their fleets. Today, we are flying one such specially configured aircraft on Japan’s National Airline from Tokyo to Kumamoto onboard the rare Boeing 767!
Glad that you are joining me today, so let me take you back to Haneda Airport where this journey begins. Well a very good afternoon from Tokyo Haneda International Airport. I just arrived from the city on the Keikyu Main Line. Terminal 1 exclusively serves domestic flights operated by Japan Airlines, Skymark Airlines and StarFlyer. Completed in 1993,
This terminal replaced the original terminal here at Haneda Airport. It’s time to check in at this absolutely gorgeous check-in area. For some reason, the kiosk didn’t allow me to print my boarding pass, so I approached one of the friendly staff for help.
Security was very efficient, and it only took me 10 minutes to get to the airside. Our aircraft for today is JA622J, a 2009 delivered Boeing 767-300ER that will bring us to Kumamoto today. Let’s get down the jet bridge and board our aircraft shall we.
Our Boeing 767 is configured with 3 classes, with 1 row of First Class seats in a unique 2-1-2 layout, 7 rows of business class in a 2-2-2 layout and behind that there are 205 standard economy seats in the typical 2-3-2 configuration,
With a total of 252 seats. Our flight is pretty full today, with only a few empty seats left. This is my seat for today, seat 47 Alpha. First impressions, the leather seats are of good quality and are pretty clean, but they are quite basic, as expected for a domestic configured aircraft.
After passing a variety of Japanese aircraft, we made a quick taxi to runway 23 for takeoff. Ok now a bit of information about this route that we are flying today. The Tokyo Haneda to Kumamoto sector is a very busy route served by 3 airlines, with Japan Airlines flying 8 times daily between
These 2 cities. Other competitors include ANA, flying up to 10 times daily and Solaseed Air, flying 5 times daily. Booking flights on Japan Airlines domestic flights is honestly very complicated. If you try to look up domestic flights on the main JAL website,
It would not even show you the fares as you have to visit a separate website to book domestic flights. When looking at flights charged at this site, flights one month out costs around $210 one way, But JAL has another website just for foreign tourists called
The Japan Explorer pass with the same flights starting at a much lower price of $133. On top of that, you can sometimes get even cheaper tickets on online travel agents through skyscanner, but whether they have the same restrictions as the Japan Explorer pass is unknown.
So do keep this in mind when booking domestic flights as it can save you quite a lot of money. Now let’s enjoy this beautiful takeoff from Runway 23. Today’s journey to the west will take about one and a half hours, covering a distance of 580 miles.
YouTube tells me a whopping 99 per cent of you watching are not subscribed, so do remember to hit that subscribe button to help us reach 1 thousand subscribers. Thank you! Taking a look at our economy class seat on this 767, the slimline leather seats are pretty basic,
But they do come with 31 inches of pitch, which was very comfortable for a 2 hour domestic flight. There’s a fairly standard tray table that folds down from the seat, with the seat pocket containing a safety card and inflight magazine.
At the bottom of the seat there are conveniently placed usb a and c ports to charge your devices, which are very handy. There were no personal IFE screens onboard this aircraft unlike on the newest domestic A350s, but they do have a feature that many of us will appreciate, free unlimited wifi.
For the in-flight service, I was presented with a list of Japanese drinks on a menu by the very friendly cabin crew. I went with a cup each of beef soup and apple juice. It’s my first time drinking soup from a cup, Well, it’s my first time drinking soup from a cup,
But it was pretty tasty nonetheless. The apple juice was also quite refreshing indeed. After what seemed like a very quick flight, the captain announced our descent into Kumamoto Airport, which signalled that our flight was coming to an end. Let’s enjoy this absolutely breathtaking golden hour descent into Kumamoto Airport.
Welcome to Kumamoto. It’s a very stunning evening here in Kumamoto today, with orange hues casting a gentle glow over the landscape. Overall I’m generally quite happy with the overall Japan Airlines experience, and I felt that the $160 I paid was good value for money, considering that I booked it just 1 day in advance.
I really appreciate the large legroom onboard the 767 and the very good service the cabin crews provided. Given that this flight can cost upwards of $400 one way, I’m surprised that they don’t serve any snacks at all on domestic flights. Even Malaysia Airlines serves a piece
Of cake and a packet of peanuts on a 40 minute flight. I would recommend them for domestic flights as they do provide the service you paid for, but if you need to get around Japan for less, budget airlines can be a good option too, if you don’t mind flying from Narita Airport.
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