Air Travel

International Air Travel

basic information

Airfare

International flights to Japan have never been cheaper thanks to ever increasing competition between the airlines.

Furthermore, various special offers on flights to Japan are now available, thanks to the "Visit Japan" campaign by the Japanese government to increase the number of foreign visitors.

The following are ways to save on airfare to Japan:

• Fly outside the peak seasons, which include Christmas and New Year, the Golden Week (end of April, beginning of May) and the summer holidays (July and August).
• Check travel agents, newspapers, travel websites and the airlines' websites for special offers. Most major airlines have a "special offers" section on their website. Many airlines also provide individual websites to the residents of each country or world region, which they are flying to.
• If your city has a sizeable Japanese community, chances are that a large Japanese travel agency, such as HIS, operates a branch there. Check them out, as they tend to be very well informed about offers on flights to Japan and often have access to the lowest fares.
• Consider tour packages. Good packages combine airfare and accommodation at low rates, unavailable to individual consumers. There are tour packages for both, individual travelers and those who prefer to travel with a guide.
• Use an airline's mileage program, also known as frequent flyer program. In the ideal program 1) collected miles never expire, 2) miles can also be earned and used on flights of partner airlines, 3) miles can be shared among family members and 4) there are alternative ways to collect miles, e.g. through usage of a credit card.
• Some airlines offer discount fares on domestic routes, if you use them to fly to Japan. Visit our discount air tickets page for more details.

Airlines and Airports

Few of the world's major airlines and airports do not offer flights to Japan. The country's own two leading airlines, Japan Airlines (JAL) and All Nippon Airways (ANA), both serve a broad range of international destinations.

Japan's most important international airport is Tokyo's Narita Airport, followed by Osaka's Kansai Airport and Nagoya's Central Japan Airport.

Japan's fourth largest international airport is Fukuoka Airport, which links the city with several Asian destinations. Many other Japanese airports have a small numbers of international flights, mainly to Korea and China.

Below is a map of Japanese airports with international flights, followed by a list of airlines and international destinations for each airport, as of July 2006. The data is subject to change.

Narita Airport (Tokyo) Aeroflot London, Moscow, Paris, Rome Air Caledonie Noumea Air Canada Toronto, Vancouver Air China Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Shanghai, Shenzhen Air France Air France, Paris Air India Bangkok, Delhi, Mumbai Air New Zealand Auckland, Christchurch Air Niugini Port Moresby Air Pacific Nadi Air Tahiti Nui Papeete Alitalia Milan, Rome All Nippon Airways Bangkok, Beijing, Dalian, Frankfurt, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, London, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenyang, Singapore, Taegu, Taipei, Washington, Xiamen American Airlines Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, San Jose Asiana Airlines Seoul Austrian Airlines Vienna Biman Bangladesh Airlines Bangkok, Dhaka British Airways London Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong, Taipei China Airlines Honolulu, Taipei China Eastern Airlines Beijing, Shanghai, Xian China Southern Airlines Changchun, Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenyang Continental Airlines Guam, Houston, New York, San Antonio Delta Air Lines Atlanta Dragonair Hong Kong EgyptAir Cairo EVA Airways Taipei Finnair Helsinki Garuda Indonesian Airways Denpasar, Jakarta Iran Air Beijing, Tehran Japan Airlines Amsterdam, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Chicago, Dalian, Delhi, Denpasar, Frankfurt, Guam, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kaohsiung, Kona, Kuala Lumpur, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Pusan, Rome, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taegu, Taipei, Vancouver, Xian, Xiamen, Zurich KLM Amsterdam Korean Air Cheju, Los Angeles, Pusan, Seoul Lufthansa Frankfurt, Munich Malaysian Airlines Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur Miat Mongolian Airlines Ulan Bator Northwest Airlines Bangkok, Beijing, Detroit, Guam, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Manila, Minneapolis, Portland, Pusan, Saipan, San Francisco, Seattle, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore Pakistan Intl. Airlines Beijing, Islamabad, Karachi Philippine Airlines Cebu, Manila Qantas Airways Brisbane, Cairns, Melbourne, Perth, Sydney Scandinavian Airlines Copenhagen Singapore Airlines Bangkok, Los Angeles, Singapore SriLankan Airlines Colombo, Male Swiss Zurich Thai Airways Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Phuket Turkish Airlines Istanbul Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent United Airlines Bangkok, Boston, Chicago, Denver, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei, Washington Vietnam Airlines Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City Virgin Atlantic Airways London

Haneda Airport (Tokyo) All Nippon Airways Seoul Asiana Airlines Seoul Japan Airlines Seoul Korean Air Seoul

Kansai Airport (Osaka) Air Caledonie Noumea Air Canada Vancouver Air China Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai Air France Paris Air India Delhi, Hong Kong, Mumbai Air New Zealand Auckland, Christchurch Air Tahiti Nui Papeete Alitalia Milan All Nippon Airways Beijing, Dalian, Guam, Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Qingdao, Seoul, Shanghai, Shenyang, Xiamen American Airlines Dallas Asiana Airlines Pusan, Seoul Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong, Taipei China Airlines Taipei China Eastern Airlines Beijing, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Yantai China Southern Airlines Dalian, Guangzhou, Harbin, Shenyang Continental Airlines Guam EgyptAir Cairo Emirates Dubai EVA Airways Taipei Finnair Helsinki Garuda Indonesian Airways Denpasar, Jakarta Hainan Airlines Haikou Japan Airlines Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Dalian, Denpasar, Guam, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Hanoi, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Kuala Lumpur, London, Los Angeles, Pusan, Qingdao, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei KLM Amsterdam Korean Air Cheju, Pusan, Seoul Lufthansa Frankfurt Malaysian Airlines Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur Miat Mongolian Airlines Ulan Bator Northwest Airlines Detroit, Guam, Honolulu, Saipan, Taipei Philippine Airlines Manila Qantas Airways Cairns Qatar Airways Qatar Royal Nepal Airlines Kathmandu Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Singapore Airlines Bangkok, Singapore Thai Airways Bangkok, Manila, Phuket Turkish Airlines Istanbul Uzbekistan Airways Tashkent United Airlines Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, San Francisco Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh City Vladivostok Air Vladivostok Xiamen Airlines Xiamen

Central Japan Airport (Nagoya) Air China Beijing, Chongqing, Shanghai All Nippon Airways Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei Asiana Airlines Seoul Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong, Taipei China Airlines Kaohsiung, Taipei China Eastern Airlines Shanghai, Xian China Southern Airlines Changchun, Dalian Continental Airlines Guam, Honolulu Emirates Dubai EVA Airways Taipei Finnair Helsinki Garuda Indonesian Airways Denpasar, Jakarta Japan Airlines Bangkok, Beijing, Guangzhou, Honolulu, Manila, Paris, Pusan, Seoul, Shanghai, Taipei, Tianjin Korean Air Cheju, Pusan, Seoul Lufthansa Frankfurt Malaysian Airlines Kuala Lumpur Northwest Airlines Detroit, Guam, Manila, Saipan Philippine Airlines Manila Qantas Airways Cairns Singapore Airlines Singapore Thai Airways Bangkok United Airlines Boston, San Francisco, Taipei Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh City

Asahikawa Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul

Shin-Chitose Airport (Sapporo) Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong China Airlines Taipei China Eastern Airlines Shanghai China Southern Airlines Shenyang Continental Airlines Guam EVA Airways Taipei Korean Air Pusan, Seoul SAT Airlines Sakhalin

Hakodate Airport Korean Air Seoul SAT Airlines Sakhalin

Aomori Airport Dalavia Airways Khabarovsk Korean Air Seoul

Akita Airport Korean Air Seoul

Sendai Airport Air China Beijing, Dalian, Shanghai Asiana Airlines Seoul China Southern Airlines Changchun Continental Airlines Guam EVA Airways Taipei

Fukushima Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul China Eastern Airlines Shanghai

Niigata Airport China Eastern Airlines Shanghai China Southern Airlines Harbin Continental Airlines Guam Dalavia Airways Khabarovsk Korean Air Seoul Siberia Airlines Irkutsk Vladivostok Air Vladivostok

Toyama Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul China Southern Airlines Dalian Shanghai Airlines Shanghai Vladivostok Air Vladivostok

Komatsu Airport (Kanazawa) China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Korean Air Seoul

Okayama Airport China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Continental Airlines Guam Korean Air Seoul

Hiroshima Airport Air China Beijing, Dalian Asiana Airlines Seoul Bangkok Airways Bangkok China Airlines Taipei China Southern Airlines Dalian, Shanghai Continental Airlines Guam

Yonago Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul

Takamatsu Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul

Kitakyushu Airport China Southern Airlines Guangzhou, Shanghai

Fukuoka Airport Air China Beijing, Chengdu, Dalian, Shanghai Asiana Airlines Cheju, Pusan, Seoul Cathay Pacific Airways Hong Kong, Taipei China Airlines Taipei China Eastern Airlines Beijing, Shanghai, Quingdao China Southern Airlines Dalian, Guangzhou, Shenyang Continental Airlines Guam EVA Airways Taipei Japan Airlines Shanghai Korean Air Cheju, Pusan, Seoul Malaysian Airlines Kuala Lumpur Philippine Airlines Manila Singapore Airlines Singapore Thai Airways Bangkok Vietnam Airlines Ho Chi Minh City

Nagasaki Airport China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Korean Air Seoul

Kumamoto Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul

Oita Airport Korean Air Seoul

Miyazaki Airport Asiana Airlines Seoul

Kagoshima Airport China Eastern Airlines Shanghai Korean Air Seoul

Naha Airport (Okinawa)
Asiana Airlines	Seoul
China Airlines	Taipei
China Eastern Airlines	Shanghai
Philippine Airlines	Manila