Tokyo's Haneda Airport is undoubtedly Japan's busiest airport. Each and every day this airport handles most of the capital's domestic flights in Japan . Tokyo's Narita Airport generally covers international flights and only a very small number of Japanese domestic flights. Osaka's Kansai Airport in Japan provides services to both, international and domestic flights. Japan's second busiest center for domestic air traffic is the Itami Airport.
The Domestic air travel segment of Japan and Japanese domestic flights are mainly managed by the JAL or Japan Airlines Group and the ANA or All Nippon Airways Group. Both the groups consist of several airlines and serve over fifty airports across the Japanese islands. Moreover, there are quite a few minor airline companies in Japan who are also competing with JAL and ANA on the country's most popular domestic routes. The JAL Group provides services to over 60 major airports all over Japan and operates only about 650 domestic flights in Japan, each day. On the other hand, the ANA Group serves over 50 airports in Japan and operates about 850 domestic flights each day.
In recent years, just because of increasing competition from among discount airlines, domestic Flights fares in Japan have come down spectacularly. Nearly all domestic air travel is now cost-effective and affordable by the common people. So much so that sometimes, flying in Japan becomes a cheaper option to the Shinkansen Bullet Train on some of the routes in Japan. It is the many discount offers, provided by various airlines, that have made domestic air travel in Japan more affordable.
Some discount ticket rates of domestic flights in Japan are mentioned below:
- Tokyo to Sapporo one-way discount ticket - $150.00
- Tokyo to Okinawa one-way discount ticket- $108.00
- Round-trip departing Tokyo to Okinawa - $209.00
- Osaka to Sapporo one-way discount ticket - $133.00
- Osaka to Okinawa one-way discount ticket- $96.00
