SKY intends to outgrow from odds and ends to real LCC

Skymark Airlines (SKY) President Shinichi Nishikubo declared at a news conference on October 12 that the airline will be reborn from next spring, changing its business strategy to a real low cost carrier (LCC) offering thorough low airfares. Under the new strategy, SKY will focus its business on major profitable routes and at the same time stop in-flight services to becomethe same LCC as in America or Europe.

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SKY intends to outgrow from odds and ends to real LCC
Airline
*JAL Domestic places saferoperation as top priority
*JAL extends code-sharing flights in domestic China
*COA strengthens sales activities for new flight services
*JTA carried the most passengers ever for the first half
Administartion
*Star Flyer finally ensures 12 return flights daily
Airport
*Passenger cancellations from Kansai to Bali are smaller than expected
Space
*JAXA succeeded in the second test flight of SST
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