Chinese Airlines Cancels 51 Japan Routes in NW25 – 18JAN26 Update

Published at 0800PST / 1600GMT 19JAN26

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Various Chinese carriers in the last few weeks continue further downsizing of its operations for passenger service between China and Japan for Northern winter 2025/26 season.

Latest notable cancellations as of 18JAN26, include Air China cancels Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita (consolidating service at Tokyo Haneda) as well as Chengdu Tianfu – Tokyo Narita (Sichuan Airlines is the sole carrier operating this route); China Eastern cancels 4 routes to Tokyo Narita, including Qingdao (ANA is the sole carrier from Japanese side operating), Nanjing, Wuhan and Xi’An (the latter 3 with no alternative nonstop options) and short-term Beijing Daxing – Tokyo Haneda cancellations; China Southern cancels Zhengzhou – Tokyo Narita by late-January 2026.

With the latest route cancellations, number of routes between China and Japan served by Chinese carriers being cancelled now increases to 51, including the following:
Beijing Capital – Nagoya
Beijing Capital – Okinawa
Beijing Daxing – Osaka Kansai
Beijing Daxing – Sapporo New Chitose
Changsha – Osaka Kansai
Changsha – Tokyo Narita
Chengdu Tianfu – Osaka Kansai
Chengdu Tianfu – Sapporo New Chitose (Previously scheduled from 02JAN26)
Chongqing – Osaka Kansai
Dalian – Hiroshima
Dalian – Nagoya
Fuzhou – Nagoya
Fuzhou – Okinawa
Fuzhou – Osaka Kansai
Guiyang – Osaka Kansai
Haikou – Osaka Kansai
Harbin – Niigata (Previously scheduled from 12JAN26)
Harbin – Osaka Kansai
Hefei – Osaka Kansai
Kunming – Tokyo Narita
Linyi – Osaka Kansai
Nanchang – Osaka Kansai
Nanjing – Kobe
Nanjing – Tokyo Narita (cancelled from 26FEB26)
Nantong – Osaka Kansai
Ningbo – Osaka Kansai
Qingdao – Shizuoka
Shanghai Pu Dong – Ibaraki
Shanghai Pu Dong – Kagoshima
Shanghai Pu Dong – Kobe
Shanghai Pu Dong – Komatsu
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagasaki
Shanghai Pu Dong – Niigata
Shanghai Pu Dong – Okayama
Shanghai Pu Dong – Saga
Shanghai Pu Dong – Sendai
Shanghai Pu Dong – Shizuoka
Shanghai Pu Dong – Takamatsu
Shanghai Pu Dong – Toyama
Shenyang – Osaka Kansai
Shenzhen – Sapporo New Chitose
Shijiazhuang – Tokyo Narita
Wuhan – Osaka Kansai
Xi’An – Nagoya
Xi’An – Osaka Kansai
Xi’An – Sapporo New Chitose
Xi’An – Tokyo Narita (cancelled from 23FEB26)
Yangzhou – Osaka Kansai
Yantai – Tokyo Narita
Yuncheng – Nagoya
Zhengzhou – Tokyo Narita (cancelled from 25JAN26)

Based on OAG schedules analyser update 16NOV25 vs 18JAN26, total number of flights in January 2026 has been reduced from 4877 flights / 927185 seats (one-way from China to Japan) to 2200 flights / 438134 seats, while February 2026 has been reduced from 4508 flights / 860947 seats to 1951 flights / 396554 seats. Percentagewise, January 2026 sees 54.9% flights and 52.7% capacity reductions (one-way from China to Japan), while February 2026 sees 57% flights and 54% capacity reductions.

Note as OAG schedules analyser data as of 18JAN26 did not reflect additional cancellations filed by Air China, China Eastern and China Southern, the revised number will be slightly greater than the ones noted above.

As of 18JAN26, the list of Chinese carrier’s operation to Japan, including reductions and cancellations, for the remainder of Northern winter 2025/26 season until 28MAR26 as follows.

9 Air (AQ)
Guangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 21DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 1 weekly
Linyi – Osaka Kansai eff 29NOV25 3 weekly service cancelled

Air China (CA)
Beijing Capital – Nagoya eff 15DEC25 1 daily 737-800 service cancelled
Beijing Capital – Okinawa eff 14DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Beijing Capital – Osaka Kansai
eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily
13JAN26 – 30JAN26 CA927/928 A321 replaces A330-300

Beijing Capital – Sapporo New Chitose eff 24DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, 737-800. Planned A330-300 service on various dates in Dec 2025/Jan 2026 has been replaced by 737-800 (Planned A330-300 service on 22FEB26 unchanged)
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Haneda eff 13JAN26 CA181/182 A321 replaces A330-300 (except selected dates. Overall remains 5 daily)
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, A321 (route cancelled from 26JAN26)
Chengdu Tianfu – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A320neo (route cancelled from 26JAN26)
Chongqing – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, 737 MAX 8
Dalian – Fukuoka eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly, 737-800
Dalian – Hiroshima eff 14DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Dalian – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 4 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 14DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly, A320 replaces A321
Hangzhou – Tokyo Narita eff 27DEC25 A321 service maintained, replacing A330-300. 4 weekly (A321 replaced A330 since 01DEC25, except 26DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 24DEC25 6 weekly A321 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 15DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai Reduce from initially filed 21 weekly to following, A321 operating
30NOV25 – 06DEC25 16 weekly
07DEC25 – 22DEC25 14 weekly
23DEC25 – 28FEB26 11 weekly
eff 01MAR26 7 weekly

Shanghai Pu Dong – Sendai eff 14DEC25 2 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 2 daily, A321
Tianjin – Dalian – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 4 weekly 737-800 service cancelled

Beijing Capital Airlines (JD)
Beijing Daxing – Sapporo New Chitose eff 29NOV25 2-3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai
24NOV25 – 03JAN26 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
eff 04JAN26 Reduce from 3 to 1 weekly, A320

China Eastern (MU)
Beijing Daxing – Osaka Kansai eff 21DEC25 14 weekly service cancelled
Beijing Daxing – Tokyo Haneda eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly, A321 (3 weekly from 28JAN26, 2 from 22FEB26 (service cancelled 23FEB26 – 03MAR26)
Chengdu Tianfu – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 4 weekly A320 service cancelled
Hefei – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, A320neo (route cancelled from 20DEC25)
Kunming – Tokyo Narita eff 15DEC25 1 weekly 787-9 service cancelled
Nanchang – Osaka Kansai eff 08DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Nanjing – Tokyo Narita eff 30NOV25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly, A320/321 (route cancelled from 26FEB26)
Qingdao – Osaka Kansai eff 07DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Qingdao – Tokyo Narita eff 14DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, A321 (This route is cancelled 07DEC25 – 13DEC25 and from 26JAN26)
Shanghai Hongqiao – Tokyo Haneda 1 daily A330-300
Shanghai Pu Dong – Hiroshima eff 16DEC25 Reduce from 6 to 2 weekly, A319 (selected weeks 3 or 4 weekly)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily, A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Kagoshima eff 22DEC25 2 weekly A319 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Komatsu 01DEC25 – 21DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, A319 (route cancelled from 22DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagasaki eff 12DEC25 2 weekly A319 service cancelled (except 19DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily, A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Niigata eff 02DEC25 2 weekly A320 service cancelled (except 20DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Okayama eff 15DEC25 4 weekly A319 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Okinawa eff 11DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, A320/321 (2 weekly from 22DEC25, 5 weekly from 01JAN26, 3 weekly from 05JAN26)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 32 to 27 weekly (24 weekly from week of 22DEC25, gradual reduction to 18-20 weekly 18JAN26 – 28MAR26)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Sapporo New Chitose 2 daily A321
Shanghai Pu Dong – Shizuoka eff 13DEC25 4 weekly service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Haneda 2 daily 777-300ER/A320neo
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita 4 daily A321/350-900
Wuhan – Osaka Kansai eff 02DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, 737-800 (route cancelled from 15DEC25)
Wuhan – Tokyo Narita eff 16DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, 737-800 (route cancelled from 24FEB26)
Xi’An – Nagoya eff 30NOV25 4 weekly A320 service cancelled (except 03JAN26 / 05JAN26)
Xi’An – Tokyo Narita eff 30NOV25 Reduce from 4 to 2 weekly, A320neo (1 weekly from 03FEB26, route cancelled from 23FEB26)
Yantai – Tokyo Narita eff 04DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, A320 (route cancelled from 21DEC25)

China Southern (CZ)
Beijing Daxing – Osaka Kansai eff 22DEC25 1 daily A330-300 service cancelled
Beijing Daxing – Tokyo Haneda 1 daily A330-300 (selected dates A321neo)
Changchun – Tokyo Narita
eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 2 weekly (3 from 28DEC25. 4 weekly 22JAN26 – 29JAN26, 2 weekly from 06MAR26)
eff 01JAN26 Planned A321 service replacing A320 unchanged

Changsha – Osaka Kansai eff 25NOV25 3 weekly A320neo service cancelled
Changsha – Tokyo Narita eff 29NOV25 2 weekly A320neo service cancelled
Dalian – Nagoya eff 07DEC25 4 weekly A320 service cancelled
Dalian – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A320neo (route cancelled from 10DEC25)
Dalian – Tokyo Narita 4 weekly A321 service unchanged (selected dates A320)
Guangzhou – Osaka Kansai
eff 03DEC25 Reduce from 14 to 11 weekly, 777-300ER/787/A321neo
01JAN26 – 14JAN26 CZ8107/8108 selected dates operated by A321neo or 787-9, instead of 777-300ER
15JAN26 – 31JAN26 CZ8107/8107 A321neo replaces 777-300ER

Guangzhou – Tokyo Haneda 2 daily A321neo/777-300ER service unchanged
Guangzhou – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A321neo
Harbin – Niigata 12JAN26 – 02MAR26 Planned 1 weekly A320 service cancelled
Harbin – Osaka Kansai eff 10DEC25 2 weekly A320neo service cancelled
Harbin – Tokyo Narita 3 weekly A320neo unchanged (A321neo 24DEC25 – 07JAN26, 01MAR26 – 27MAR26. Selected dates cancelled in Dec 2025)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai eff 02DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A321 (route cancelled from 15DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita eff 28JAN26 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly, A321 (3 weekly from 02MAR26)
Shenyang – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 Reduce from 7 to 1 weekly, A320neo (route cancelled from 21DEC25)
Shenyang – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly (4 weekly from 05JAN26), A320neo (A321neo from 17DEC25)
Shenzhen – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, A321neo (route cancelled from 21DEC25)
Wuhan – Tokyo Narita eff 20DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Zhengzhou – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly, 737-800 (2 weekly from 13DEC25, route cancelled from 25JAN26)

Hainan Airlines (HU)
Beijing Capital – Osaka Kansai 1 daily 737 MAX 8
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Haneda eff 22DEC25 3 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Beijing Capital – Tokyo Narita 4 weekly 737-800
Chongqing – Osaka Kansai Service cancelled. HU previously scheduled 9 flights in December 2025, and 4 weekly from 02JAN26
Haikou – Osaka Kansai eff 04DEC25 3 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Haikou – Tokyo Narita 1 weekly 737 MAX 8
Xi’An – Osaka Kansai eff 08DEC25 3 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Xi’An – Sapporo New Chitose eff 24NOV25 2 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Xi’An – Tokyo Narita eff 03DEC25 Reduce from 2 weekly to 1 flight every 2 weeks, 737 MAX 8 (route cancelled from 21DEC25)

Juneyao Airlines (HO)
Beijing Daxing – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 Reduce from 14 to 7 weekly, A320 (route cancelled from 22DEC25)
Changsha – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Nanjing – Kobe eff 29NOV25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Nanjing – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 Reduce from 11 to 7 weekly, A320 (3 weekly from 16DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 22DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Kobe eff 15DEC25 1 daily A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 02DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A320neo/321neo (3 weekly from 22DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 5 to 4 daily, A320/787-9 (19 weekly from 22DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Sapporo New Chitose
eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly, A320
12DEC25 – 01MAR26 Previously reported, 2nd daily flight during this period is cancelled (Overall is now reduced from 14 to 3 weekly)

Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Haneda 3 weekly A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita 1 daily 787-9
Wuxi – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily A320neo service cancelled

Loong Air (GJ)
Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai
01DEC25 – 01JAN26 1 daily service cancelled
eff 02JAN26 Service resumption, reduce from 7 to 2 weekly, A320

Qingdao Airlines (QW)
Qingdao – Nagoya eff 03DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 2 weekly, A320
Qingdao – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 6 to 3 weekly, A320neo (1 weekly from 21DEC25)
Qingdao – Shizuoka eff 13JAN26 1 weekly A320 service cancelled

Shandong Airlines (SC)
Jinan – Osaka Kansai eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, 737-800
Qingdao – Osaka Kansai eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 daily, 737-800

Shanghai Airlines (FM)
Shanghai Hongqiao – Tokyo Haneda 1 daily 737-800
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 22DEC25 6 weekly service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 02DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 5 weekly, 737-800 (route cancelled from 13DEC25; except 20-21DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 14 to 12 weekly, 737-800 (10 weekly from 22DEC25, 7 weekly from 26JAN26)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Haneda 1 daily 737-800
Shanghai Pu Dong – Toyama eff 21DEC25 3 weekly 737-800 service cancelled

Shenzhen Airlines (ZH)
Nanjing – Osaka Kansai eff 30NOV25 6-7 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Nantong – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily 737-800 service cancelled (including flights on/after 17DEC25, previously scheduled to reduce to 4 weekly)
Shenzhen – Osaka Kansai eff 08DEC25 Reduce from 14 to 10 weekly, 7 from 15DEC25. 737 MAX 8 operating (6 weekly from 05JAN26, 5 from 12JAN26, 6 from 02FEB26, 7 from 13FEB26, 6 from 03MAR26)
Shenzhen – Sapporo New Chitose eff 19DEC25 3 weekly 737 MAX 8 service cancelled
Shenzhen – Tokyo Narita 1 daily 737 MAX 8
Wuxi – Osaka Kansai eff 11DEC25 Reduce from up to 2 daily to 1 daily, 737-800 (selected flights has been cancelled since 01DEC25. Certain dates from 11DEC25 also saw random cancellations, 3-4 weekly from 12JAN26 to 30JAN26)
Yuncheng – Nagoya eff 01DEC25 4 weekly A320 service cancelled

Sichuan Airlines (3U)
Chengdu Tianfu – Osaka Kansai eff 21DEC25 Service cancelled
Chengdu Tianfu – Tokyo Narita eff 22DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly (5 weekly from 26JAN26). A320 operating

Spring Airlines (9C)
Dalian – Fukuoka eff 28NOV25 1 weekly A320 service cancelled (This route flown 1 time on 21NOV25)
Dalian – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly (3 weekly from 10DEC25). A320 operating
Guangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 3 weekly, A320 (route cancelled from 15DEC25)
Nanjing – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily A320 service cancelled
Ningbo – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 4 weekly, A320 (3 weekly from 08DEC25, route cancelled from 15DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Fukuoka eff 15DEC25 Reduce from 14 to 11 weekly, A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Ibaraki eff 01DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shanghai Pu Dong – Nagoya eff 06JAN26 Reduce from 7 to 3 weekly, A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Okinawa
08DEC25 – 08JAN26 2 daily service cancelled
eff 09JAN26 Reduce from 2 daily to 2 weekly, A320

Shanghai Pu Dong – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 46 weekly to 39 weekly (34 from 14DEC25, 25 from 21DEC25). The airline from mid-January 2026 onwards originally scheduled up to 63 weekly)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Saga eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 4 to 2 weekly, A320 (route cancelled from 20DEC25)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Sapporo New Chitose eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 2 to 1 daily, A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Takamatsu eff 01DEC25 Reduce from 3 to 2 weekly, A320 (route cancelled from 04JAN26)
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Haneda 4 weekly A320
Shanghai Pu Dong – Tokyo Narita 1 daily A320
Shenyang – Osaka Kansai eff 15DEC25 6 weekly A320 service cancelled
Shijiazhuang – Tokyo Narita eff 01DEC25 2 weekly A320 service cancelled
Tianjin – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily A320 service cancelled
Xi’An – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Yangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled

Tianjin Airlines (GS)
Guiyang – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 3 weekly A320 service cancelled
Tianjin – Osaka Kansai eff 19JAN26 Reduce from 2 to 1 weekly, A320
Tianjin – Tokyo Haneda eff 01DEC25 reduce from 4 to 2 weekly, A320 (1 weekly from 03JAN26)

Xiamen Airlines (MF)
Chongqing – Osaka Kansai eff 15DEC25 3 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Fuzhou – Nagoya eff 01DEC25 3 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Fuzhou – Okinawa eff 04DEC25 2 weekly 737-800 service cancelled
Fuzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 01DEC25 1 daily 737-800 service cancelled
Fuzhou – Tokyo Narita 1 daily 737-800
Hangzhou – Osaka Kansai eff 21DEC25 1 daily service cancelled
Xiamen – Osaka Kansai eff 04DEC25 Reduce from 7 to 6 weekly (4 weekly from 23DEC25), 737-800
Xiamen – Tokyo Narita eff 05JAN26 737-800 service maintained, replacing 787-8/-9, 1 daily (Planned 787-8/-9 service now only scheduled 01JAN26 – 04JAN26)