Have never stopped marvelling at how expensive transport costs are in Japan...
The flight from my 'hometown' Takamatsu to Haneda International Airport costs a whopping 63,000 yen, return...
With that price or sometimes even lesser, one can cruise back to Malaysia, hot meals included...
In this particular Tokyo flight, passengers used to get sandwiches and drinks...
They did away with sandwiches, so now you get just one drink...
And lately, they took off the newspapers...
All these while, the fares kept increasing...
Well, as they always say, safety comes first...
Japan has had her fair share of the so-called no-frills airlines...
But they all seem to be doing badly... wonder why...
Think it is high time Air Asia move in, and I presume they are trying hard to do just that...
Anyway, shall be flying to Tokyo in a while for some university business...
Gardening, photography, food, fishing, traveling, scuba diving, life in Japan, plus of course, news and views of being away from home...
Lrong Sinseh, that's really a lot to pay. No alternative means of transport? Train perhaps..
ReplyDeleteThe bullet train costs slightly less but it takes much much longer to reach Tokyo... the bullet train rides are smooth no doubt, no air turbulence etc... can get a bit boring even...
ReplyDeletePerhaps Air Asia should take over and convert the airline to say, "Air Japan?"
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Now, that would be nice... think many Japanese travellers would welcome this idea...
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