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JAPAN AIRLINES EARNS 'USE IT OR LOSE IT' USDOT WAIVER FOR LOS ANGELES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FLIGHTS

By Rytis Beresnevičius
Published Jun 5, 2024


The petition covered flights between Osaka Kansai International Airport (KIX)
and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

Photo: Thiago B Trevisan | Shutterstock


SUMMARY

 * The FAA granted Japan Airlines a temporary waiver for flights between Osaka
   and Los Angeles.
 * The waiver extends from March 31 to October 26, covering flights from Osaka
   Kansai International Airport (KIX) to Los Angeles International Airport
   (LAX).
 * Japan Airlines has 19 weekly departures from LAX to three airports in Japan.



Japan Airlines has successfully petitioned for a waiver at Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX), which granted the airline a waiver from the
use-it-or-lose-it flight schedule rule for flight JL60/69 from/to Osaka Kansai
International Airport (KIX) from March 31, 2024 to October 26.


FORCE MAJEURE SITUATION

According to the United States Department of Transportation’s (DOT) filing, the
Japanese Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) published a waiver that provided relief
from the use-it-or-lose-it (U/L) rule in January 2024. The waiver was effective
for the current Summer season, which began on March 31 and will end on October
26, with the JCAB arguing that airlines had to get relief from the rule due to a
force majeure situation that was,

> “[…] beyond the control of the airlines, including, Russian airspace
> restrictions, aircraft maintenance required due to failure of Pratt & Whitney
> engines, and a shortage of airport ground handling personnel in Japan and
> foreign countries.”


Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying

Using the opportunity, Japan Airlines filed a petition to prioritize canceled
flights at LAX, citing the lack of ground-handling employees in Japan and
reciprocity for JCAB’s U/L waiver. The airline handed back the scheduled timings
of flight JL60 from KIX to LAX and flight JL69 from LAX to KIX, the filing read.

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LEVEL 2 AIRPORT

The filing cited the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), which explained that
LAX was a Level 2 airport. As a result, while such facilities, including the
Californian airport, do not have slots, the schedule facilitation at such
airports depends upon close and continuing discussions and voluntary agreements
between the airlines and the US regulator to reduce congestion.



> “At Level 2 airports, the FAA generally provides priority consideration for
> flights approved by FAA and operated by the carrier in those approved times in
> the prior scheduling season when the FAA reviews proposed flights for
> facilitation in the next corresponding scheduling season.”

Thus, the FAA stated that the flights that it had approved to operate in the
prior scheduling season would receive priority for the corresponding scheduling
season. Since Japan Airlines was a carrier based in a country that has provided
relief from the U/L rule and there have been resource limitations that were
beyond the airline’s control, the FAA concluded that there was enough reason to
give relief to the carrier, which would establish the operational baseline for
the next summer season.


Photo: Markus Mainka | Shutterstock

However, the relief is subject to two conditions, namely that Japan Airlines
must return previously approved schedules at any Level 2 airports in advance to
the FAA and that the schedules approved for initial use during the current
summer season are not eligible for relief.

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JAPAN AIRLINES’ LAX SCHEDULE

According to data from the aviation analytics company Cirium, Japan Airlines has
19 weekly departures from LAX to three airports in Japan, with five weekly
flights to KIX, and seven flights each to Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) and Narita
International Airport (NRT) in June 2024.

Photo: Vincenzo Pace | Simple Flying


The airline’s schedule from LAX to the three destinations in Japan amounts to
4,268 weekly departing seats and 38.1 million weekly departing available seat
kilometers (ASK), with Japan Airlines averaging 224.6 departing seats. Other
airports within California that it serves include San Diego International
Airport (SAN) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO).

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admitting to his mistake.




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About The Author
Rytis Beresnevičius


Rytis joins the Simple Flying team with more than two and a half years of
experience reporting on the aviation industry. Prior to this, he worked at one
of Europe's biggest logistics companies and on innovative automotive products.
Based in Vilnius, Lithuania


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