Travel between the U.S. and Japan is emerging as a rare bright spot this summer for American carriers, easing the blow from a lingering drop in demand for domestic flights.
More than 1.5 million seats are scheduled to fly from the U.S. to Japan during June, July and August ¡ª a 6.4% increase from a year ago, according to aviation data analytics firm OAG. Tokyo ranks second only to London and above Paris, which landed third on online travel booking site Kayak¡¯s list of most popular destinations this summer.
¡°Trips to Japan are really in fashion right now,¡± United Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Nocella said in an interview with Bloomberg Television, calling it one of the airline¡¯s ¡°hottest destinations¡± for the summer.
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