SYDNEY: Japan Airlines Co Ltd (JAL) is operating at 65% of its international capacity before the coronavirus pandemic, although COVID-19 curbs are limiting demand to just about 40% of pre-pandemic levels, an airline executive said on Tuesday.

In the domestic market, the airline is operating at 100% of its pre-pandemic capacity, though demand is about 80% of corresponding levels, said Akihide Yoguchi, JAL’s vice president of strategy research for the Asia Oceania region.

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“Demand for domestic has recovered faster than international, like many other markets,” he said at a CAPA Centre for Aviation conference.