Aircraft
JAL’s Zipair LCC Aims to Fly Transpacific
The first services for the new JAL subsidiary start on May 14 from Tokyo to Bangkok.
Celebrating the launch of LCC Zipair are Japan Airlines’ Ryo Tamura (left),  Zipair president Shingo Nishida (center right), and Boeing SVP Ihssane Mounir (right).
Celebrating the launch of LCC Zipair are Japan Airlines’ Ryo Tamura (left), Zipair president Shingo Nishida (center right), and Boeing SVP Ihssane Mounir (right).

Newly launched Japan Airlines low-cost subsidiary Zipair plans to start the world's first transpacific low-cost carrier services once it gains ETOPS approval for its reconfigured Boeing 787-8s sometime this year, JAL and Zipair executives revealed here Tuesday. Plans call for service launch between Tokyo Narita and Bangkok on May 14 and for a second ex-JAL 787 between Narita and Seoul on July 1.