Live Roundups Editor's Desk Insights Executive Ops Weather About 🔍
Home › World News › China-Japan flights drop 57% for summer travel peak amid...
World News

China-Japan flights drop 57% for summer travel peak amid geopolitical tensions

China-Japan flights drop 57% for summer travel peak amid geopolitical tensions
South China Morning Post Thursday 25 June 2026, 06:00 UTC By Ralph Jennings 1 min read
Key Points

The number of China-Japan flights scheduled by airlines for the upcoming summer travel period – the peak months of July and August – has dropped by 57 per cent versus a year ago following a political flap and a price hike in Japanese visas, according to industry data. A total of 2,629 round-trip flights were expected next month between the two Asian countries, down from 6,317 in July last year. In August, 2,641 were scheduled, a drop from the 6,127 flown in August 2025, data compiled by...

The number of China-Japan flights scheduled by airlines for the upcoming summer travel period – the peak months of July and August – has dropped by 57 per cent versus a year ago following a political flap and a price hike in Japanese visas, according to industry data. A total of 2,629 round-trip flights were expected next month between the two Asian countries, down from 6,317 in July last year. In August, 2,641 were scheduled, a drop from the 6,127 flown in August 2025, data compiled by British... [Image text:] JAPANAIRLINES ANA ANA Inspiration of JAPAN
China (LOCATION) Japan (LOCATION) Japanese (ORG) Asian (ORG) British (ORG)
Originally published by South China Morning Post Read original →

Related Stories

The new frontier in the US-China AI race: Talent

The new frontier in the US-China AI race: Talent Beyond chips, data and computing power, the battle between Beijing and Washington is increasingly being fought over the researchers, engineers and entrepreneurs shaping the technology's future. BEIJING: When Will Wang left Apple in Silicon Valley in 2018, he was not chasing the next tech startup. He was looking for a place to build hardware.

Channel News Asia just now

Parent asks if 'warning signs' missed after Chinese language school closure

Questions over missed 'warning signs' after Chinese language school closes abruptly Thu 25 Jun 2026 at 4:45pm For Sarah, the sudden closure of a Chinese language school has disrupted her child's studies. She has also likely lost hundreds of dollars in tuition fees for a full year. "The school has been there for more than 17 years, and [I] never thought the school, in the middle of the term, could just say, 'No, we need to stop due to financial issues,'" said Sarah, who is using a pseudonym...

ABC Australia 29m ago

World Cup 2026: Brazil and Morocco put on a show and secure qualification

World Cup 2026: Brazil and Morocco put on a show and secure qualification To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site.

France 24 30m ago

Trump says 'courageous' Zelenskyy is 'doing pretty well' in war with Russia

"You have to say he's courageous, he's got great equipment, he's got great men, he's got fighters," Trump said of Zelenskyy. US President Donald Trump heaped praise on Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, calling his Ukrainian counterpart "courageous" and saying he was "doing pretty well" in the war against Russia. Speaking to reporters from the White House alongside NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Trump said: "He's doing pretty well, no matter how you look at it".

Euronews 32m ago