{"id":101058,"date":"2020-10-05T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2020-10-05T12:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=101058"},"modified":"2020-10-05T12:26:21","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T12:26:21","slug":"airasia-shuts-its-operations-in-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2020\/10\/airasia-shuts-its-operations-in-japan.html","title":{"rendered":"AirAsia shuts its operations in Japan."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AirAsia will cease operations in Japan immediately, the company said in a bourse filing on Monday., <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/airasia-japan\/update-1-malaysias-airasia-shuts-japan-operations-idUSL4N2GW1QP\">Reuters<\/a> reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/qatar-airways-announces-its-winter-schedule-with-plans-to-expand-the-network-to-124-destinations.html\">Qatar Airways announces its winter schedule with plans to expand the network to 124 destinations.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline said it has been notified that the board of directors of its majority-own subsidiary AirAsia Japan (AAJ) has taken a decision to cease operations with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/en\/2020\/10\/lufthansa-group-has-reimbursed-more-than-3-billion-euros-to-its-clients.html\">Lufthansa Group has reimbursed more than 3 billion Euros to its clients.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe respect and have agreed to the decision made by AAJ as this would reduce the cash burn of AAJ and the Company amid the highly challenging operating conditions in Japan which have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Group Chief Executive Officer Tony Fernandes last month told Reuters that the group was reviewing its business in Japan due to the impact of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDespite our unrelenting efforts to sustain operations through successive and wide-ranging cost reduction initiatives, we have concluded that 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