Vanilla Air Has Stopped Flying

No. Vanilla Air has ceased operating: its final day of flying was 26 October 2019 — its last departure from Narita flew to Taipei, while its actual final revenue flight, from Taipei to Fukuoka, landed later that day — so there are no Vanilla Air tickets to buy. Laters lists 650+ airlines, including Peach Aviation, which took over most of Vanilla Air's routes. Paying later is credit, so spread only a cost you can repay on time.

No. The airline began on 1 November 2013 as a rebrand of AirAsia Japan and flew its last services on 26 October 2019. Peach states it integrated with Vanilla Air on 1 November 2019. Vanilla Air carried about 2,635,000 passengers in fiscal year 2018, its final full year.

Vanilla Air was a low-cost subsidiary of ANA HOLDINGS. ANA HOLDINGS announced on 22 March 2018 that it would merge Peach Aviation and Vanilla Air, with Peach as the base of the merged airline. At that point the two carriers together ran 35 aircraft on 39 routes. The Vanilla Air brand ended in October 2019 and the merged brand is Peach.

Peach Aviation (MM), the ANA Group low-cost carrier that began at Osaka Kansai. Under the December 2018 transfer plan, Peach took over most Vanilla Air routes during 2019. Narita–Hakodate, Narita–Hong Kong and Naha–Ishigaki were dropped.

Laters works on every airline, route and fare class at checkout, and you can compare prices from multiple providers in one search. Peach flies former Vanilla Air routes such as Narita–Sapporo and Narita–Naha. Pay later is credit and needs approval; the e-ticket is delivered instantly after approval.

Narita International Airport (NRT), where it used Terminal 2 and had its head office. Its first flights were Narita–Okinawa and Narita–Taipei on 20 December 2013, and daily Narita–Amami-Oshima flights were announced to start on 1 July 2014.

Pay later is credit, so you must be approved before the e-ticket is issued. Laters delivers the e-ticket instantly after approval. Narita–Taipei was one of Vanilla Air's two launch routes in December 2013 and was later taken over by Peach. Read the provider's terms before you accept any plan.

Narita–Naha was a Vanilla Air route from 2014 and is now flown by Peach. A missed instalment is handled under the pay-later provider's terms, not the airline's. This page does not state late fees or other consequences. Check those terms before accepting, and only choose a plan you can repay on schedule.

Pay later is credit, so it can matter to your credit file. How a given plan is reported depends on the provider's terms, which this page does not state. Narita–Hong Kong and Narita–Hakodate were dropped when Vanilla Air's routes moved to Peach, so check which airline actually flies your route before you book.

When Vanilla Air ended operations on 26 October 2019, most routes passed to Peach and three were dropped. If an airline cancels your booking, the refund comes from the airline and booking terms. Check what your Laters confirmation says about refunds and any remaining instalments before you pay the next one.

Vanilla Air flew from Narita to Okinawa, Sapporo, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Hong Kong, among other points. This page holds no country-by-country list of where pay later is offered. Laters works on every airline, route and fare class at checkout, and the payment options you can use are shown there.

Jetstar Japan (GK) is a Narita-based low-cost carrier, partly owned by Japan Airlines, that Vanilla Air's planned growth to 10 aircraft was meant to compete with. Spring Japan (IJ) is a low-cost carrier at Tokyo Narita. All Nippon Airways (NH) is the full-service airline of Vanilla Air's parent group.

Vanilla Air flew the Airbus A320, which a 2014 Narita Airport release gives as seating 166 or 180. Rows 12 and 14 were emergency exit rows, and row 12 did not recline. Exit-row passengers had to be 15 or older, speak English or Japanese fluently, and not travel with a child under 12.