Travel info - Japanese airlines

The two major Japanese airlines are Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), both of them have worldwide networks. Japan Airlines is a member of One World and All Nippon Airways is part of Star Alliance, operating a lot of code-share flights with other airlines. For your travel to/from Japan, you could fly with one of them!

For your inter-Japan flights, there are a lot of choices: from these two major airlines to low-cost airlines.

1. Major airlines are expensive but have a huge network and provide a variety of fares.

These airlines are the best option for travelers who are coming to Japan for the first time considering their large networks, variety of flight time, and different kinds of fares (flexible but expensive or fixed but cheap).

*(3 letter code/2 letter code)

・Japan Airlines (JAL/JL): a member of One World

・All Nippon Airways (ANA/NH): a member of Star Alliance

2. Local (middle-sized) airlines are less expensive but more expensive than low cost airlines.

Most of them are based in Tokyo Haneda airport (the largest airport in Japan and the hub of Japanese domestic flights) and provide flights from/to Tokyo Haneda.

・Skymark Airlines (SKY/BC): Hub airports are Haneda (Tokyo) and Kobe (Osaka area).

・AirDo (ADO/HD): Flights from/to Hokkaido

・Solaseed Air (SNJ/LQ): Flights from/to Kyushu

・StarFlyer (SFJ/7G)

・Fuji Dream Airlines (FDA/JH): No flights from/to Tokyo and its website is only in Japanese

3. Low cost airlines are the cheapest option.

Low cost airlines are based in Tokyo Narita airport (Tokyo area) and Kansai international airport (Osaka area). These airports are international hub airports in Japan and most of the international flights to Japan arrive at one of them. 

・Jetstar Japan (JJP/GK): Largest low cost airline in Japan and based in Tokyo Narita airport

・Peach (APJ/MM): Base in Kansai international airport (Osaka area)

・Vanilla air (VNL/JW): Leisure airline and based in Tokyo Narita airport

・Spring Japan (SJO/IJ)