LCC (Low-Cost Carrier) will change the world was first exposed to LCCs in earnest when I moved to Singapore. Many LCCs are now operating in Japan as well.
In Asia, LCCs are more serious. There are several LCCs in each country. And on international flights.
AirAsia, Jetstar, Tiger Air, Scoot, Lion Air, CityLink, etc.
What is an LCC?
LCCs are low-cost airlines that cut down on the usual in-flight services to a minimum. All food and beverages on board are charged. Luggage over a certain weight is charged, and seat assignments are also charged.
Each individual decides whether he or she needs the service or not.
Frequent and inexpensive schedules like buses.
Each company flies at intervals of about once every 30 minutes. Moreover, the price is very low.
The lowest price ever was 1,500 Japanese yen for a 50-minute flight between Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.
It is cheaper than a long-distance bus in Japan.
The impact of LCCs on a country's economy is immeasurable.
The feeling of the airfare in Japan is completely gone.
In ASEAN, it is not unusual for business travellers to fly to three countries in one day.
It is like flying from Tokyo to Osaka to Nagoya to Tokyo in Japan.
Due in part to the government policy of a weak yen, hotels and food and beverages in Japan are very inexpensive from a foreigner's point of view.
What would happen if airfare worldwide became even cheaper due to LCCs?
Japanese taxpayers' money has been used to build (?) What would happen if airports in local cities, expanded to 3000m class and direct flights from all over the world entered local cities?
What would happen if Japanese LCCs flew more and more around the world and attracted tourists from all over the world to Japan?
Japan has a mountain of tourism resources.
Even so, the number of tourists is still small compared to the rest of the world.
In fact, I am still on a business trip.
Singapore → Jakarta → Bali → Perth → Melbourne → Singapore
All of them were flown by LCC. I fly to 4 cities in 2 countries except Singapore.
The total cost is about 700 SGD for 5 flights, which is about 56,000 yen. Not only businessmen but also students and young people use their weekends off to fly all over ASEAN.
What about Japan, on the other hand? The passport-holding rate is 24%, and only one out of four people in Japan has a passport.
When you go abroad, you need about a month to mentally prepare. Preparation, preparation, preparation.
In ASEAN, as long as you can get a ticket, it's like "I'll go tomorrow! If I can get a ticket, I'll go tomorrow!
This is a big difference.
If you have a passport and a certain amount of money, you can get by.
Why don't you take a trip or a business trip abroad with this kind of feeling?
It will surely change your perspective!
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