Japan Airlines plans domestic fuel surcharge as profits are squeezed

Carrier risks losing business to shinkansen bullet trains with 2027 introduction

A domestic fuel surcharge planned by Japan Airlines for next year is a rare move by a Japanese carrier. (Photo by Konosuke Urata)

YURIKA YONEDA and YUICHI SHIGA

TOKYO -- Japan Airlines plans to introduce a fuel surcharge next year on domestic flights, where profits are being squeezed and it competes with speedy and punctual shinkansen bullet trains.