*Fifty percents more Japanese visitors visited China for 2004

China National Tourism Administration (CNTA) recently reported that the number of Japanese visitors to China for a calendar year of 2004 was up48.7% to 3,347,400, compared with a year ago. The number was 14.4% more than that for 2002 and the highest record ever. At the same time, the number of Chinese visitors to Japan certainly increases mainly because of the expansion of the Chinese regions available for group tourist visa into Japan.

This Week Headline
*Fifty percents more Japanese visitors visited China for 2004
*KAL expects more Korean passengers will use its Centrair flights
+ Future new flight services depend on results of charter flights
*Tokyu reduced revenue but ensured net profit of 1 billion yen
*Four times more international flight passengers used Haneda
*Six percents more passengers used Narita for January
*Domestic flight passengers for January increased
*Two new cargo operators will fly into Centrair
*Nagoya Airport is not so damaged byopen of Centrair
*AIR NEXT is ready for taking off