From September 7, negative proof will no longer be required for entry into Japan on the condition that three doses of the vaccine are administered.
In conjunction with this change, the maximum number of people who can enter Japan will be raised from 20,000 to 50,000.
It is also likely that tours from overseas will be possible without an escort.
The number of flights coming to Japan will also increase due to the expanded entry limit.
If a plane with a capacity of 150 passengers per flight has a boarding rate of about 80%, it will carry 120 passengers to Japan. 50,000 passengers divided by 120 passengers results in 417 flights. Dividing 50,000 passengers by 120 passengers, the number of flights would be 417, which would mean that only 167 flights were made to Japan since the number of passengers had been 20,000. Well, I think the actual number of flights was less than this.
In any case, as the number of incoming passengers increases, airlines will increase their flights to Japan.
The number of foreigners coming to Japan will also increase, as tours without tour guides will be almost entirely free-drive tours. Fuel costs due to the war in Ukraine are rising, and airline surcharges are also getting higher. However, the yen is still weak, and prices in Japan have not risen nearly as much as inflation overseas. Therefore, Japan must be an affordable overseas destination for foreign tourists.
Of course, the elimination of the need for negative certification has also made it easier for Japanese to travel abroad.
With the increase in the number of flights, we expect that Cebu Pacific Airlines will be more likely to fly direct from Japan to Cebu, as it did before, although until now only Philippine Airlines (code-sharing with All Nippon Airways) has offered direct flights from Japan to Cebu.
I am planning to go to Cebu Island in late November, but airfares have remained high because no LCC airlines are flying there. If I use a Korean airline, I can get a round-trip ticket for 70,000 yen or so via Korea, but I don't want to use Korean airlines if possible.
In the past, the ANA-affiliated LCC Vanilla Air also flew to Cebu, offering three direct flights a day. Vanilla Air has been merged with Peach Aviation and no longer offers flights to Cebu.
So my hope is that Cebu Pacific Airlines will return to Cebu as soon as possible.
Dear Cebu Pacific Air. Please fly direct to Cebu.
