Overview
- Chinese media citing aviation-data platform DAST report 12 routes to Japan scrapped by domestic carriers, with 41 flights canceled and an overall cancellation rate near 15% as of Monday.
- Industry tracker Flight Master projects cancellations on Japan-bound routes will reach a one‑month high of 21.6% on December 27.
- Cuts are concentrated on busy connections to Kansai/Osaka, including Tianjin Binhai–Kansai, Nanjing Lukou–Kansai, and Guangzhou Baiyun–Kansai.
- Air China, China Eastern, and China Southern account for many of the canceled services, according to aviation analyst Li Hanming.
- Li also warns the stoppage could persist into March and apply to both legs of affected round trips, a single‑source outlook presented as a possibility rather than a confirmed plan.