JAL further scales downits international passenger flights for turnaround

JAL Group released its route, frequency and fleet plan for FY2006 on February 6 to shrink its international passenger flights and instead to increase international cargo flights from Narita Airport. According to the plan, JAL will suspend its Narita-Las Vegas flights, Kansai International-Los Angeles flights, Komatsu-Seoul flights and Hiroshima-Seoul flights. At the same time, JAL Ways, the low-cost operator of JAL Group, will play more roles on international routes, increasing its share to 21% as ofthe end of FY2006 compared to FY2005. Also, JAL expects that the business scale of international cargo flights will expand by 10% approximately, using Narita slots available after the suspension of passenger flights.

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JAL further scales down its international passenger flights for turnaround
Airline
*JAL suffered from loss ofprofit for the first nine months of FY2005
*JAL completed the first step to join Oneworld
*JAL air transport result for December 2005
*NWA to increase its Narita-Saipan flights to ten a week
*SKY took delivery of the 2nd B737-800
Airport
*Haneda largely increased international flight passengers for 2005
*Niigata Airport marked the most-ever international passengers in 2005
Industry
*MHI, IHI and FHI resultedin better aerospace businesses respectively
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