Abstract
Currently in Japan, the market share of LCC of international air seat capacity is around 20%. Constraint that LCCs suffer from is their maximum flying range of current small-sized aircraft, such as A320ceo. If this could be increased, LCC could come into direct competition for routes currently operated by larger aircraft. To overcome this problem, the A320neo has been specifically designed to fly greater distances due to improved technical superiority. The purpose of this study is to preliminarily investigate the feasibility of A320neo in operating new international air routes and their accompanying potential new destinations to and from Japan. The author identified new routes which could be operated by A320neo through calculation measure of great circle distance. The results in this study clearly show that there is a potential for the A320neo to offer new routes for Japan, particularly from South East Asian destinations.
