J-WING TRAVEL WEEKLY

*Hawaii is evolving to a selected destination by high-end travelers

2007-02-05T08:00:00.000+09:00

Frank Haas, Hawaii Tourism Authority (HTA) Vice President Tourism Marketing,emphasized at a news conference in Tokyo on January 26 that HTA, together with Hawaii Tourism Japan (HTJ), would continue appealing "evolving Hawaii" to the travel industry of Japan, when hevisited Japan to join the tourism seminar hosted by HTJ. He said, "Hawaii is still the most popular destination in the Japanese market. It is true that price is getting higher, however Hawaii is atourist destination worth the price."

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*Hawaii is evolving to a selected destination by high-end travelers
*Foreign visitors to Japan resulted in record-breaking more than 7 million
*NTA makes much of its originality for senior travelers
*ANA to revise upward its consolidated financial forecast for the full year of FY2006
*JAL reaches a basic agreement with Sojitz to sell 30% of JALUX stocks
*JAL expects restructuring of domestic flight network will generate additional 6 billion yen
*JAL will develop a large scale of charter flights to meet leisure demands
*ANA expects to achieve the e-ticketing rate of 70% by the end of FY2006
*Centrair increased passengers for three consecutive months

*KNT focuses on qualitycompetition rather than price competition

2007-01-29T08:00:00.000+09:00

Kinki Nippon Tourist (KNT) released Holiday products departed from Tokyo forthe first half of FY2007 on January 18, featuring the new brand name "knt!" on its travel pamphlets. KNT says that the wholeseller will change its business stance from price competition to quality competition with enriched product lineups. For the first halfof FY2007, it particularly focuses its business on the baby boomer generation and honeymooners /wedding couples.

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*KNT focuses on quality competition rather than price competition
*ANA Sales to enrich products for baby boomers in the first half of FY2007
*ANA released the FY2007 business plan including new Narita-Mumbai flights
*MJTC started discussing tourism promotions for Myanmar
*The first-ever direct charters will fly between Japan and Ukraine
*ANA carried 16.3% more international flight passengers in December 2006
*Japanese departures from Narita in 2006 resulted in the highest-ever
*Narita decreased Japanese but increased foreigners in December 2006
*Kansai decreased both internationaland domestic flight passengers

*LOOK JTB is evolving into super package for every market

2007-01-22T08:00:00.000+09:00

JTB World Vacations President Masato Ito said at a news conference on January 17, "LOOK JTB is evolving into super package to cover every market including FIT, getting beyond conventional package tours,"when the whole seller released outline of LOOK JTB products for the first half of FY2007. JTB estimates LOOK JTB customers for FY2006 at 1,364,000, 4.4% more than FY2005, and aims to increase those by 3.4% to 1,410,000 for FY2007, compared to the previous fiscal year.

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*LOOK JTB is evolving into super package for every market
*JAL Group made an international flight plan for FY2007 to seek profitability
*Japanese departures increased by 0.8% to 17.45 million in 2006
*JATA launches a promotional committee for tourism exchange events in China
*JAL officially announces to introduce the first class on domestic flights
*Malev of Hungary to serve more direct charter flights for Budapest
*Both leaders agreed to realize Haneda-Hongqiao charter flights within this year
*Kansai passengers slightly decreased in December 2006

*Minister Fuyushiba is ambitious to accomplish 8 million foreign visitors

2007-01-15T08:00:00.000+09:00

Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Tetsuzo Fuyushiba made a New Year remark at a New Year party with travel industries on January 10 this year that the government is making every effort to welcome8 million foreign visitors this year. The number of foreign visitors for the first eleven months of 2006 was up 8.6% to 6,748,700 overthe same period 2005. The annual number is expected to total 7.3 million foreign visitors, slightly short of the initial target of 7.5million. To accomplish the target in 2007, year-on-year growth of 10% will be required.

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*Minister Fuyushiba is ambitious to accomplish 8 million foreign visitors
*JATA Chairman: "The travel industry needs new sensitivity to the times"
*Skygate begins dealing with dynamicpackages online
*ANA carried the most-ever international passengers during this New Year
*JAL is to provide first class seats on domestic flights
*JAL will cut almost 3,000 jobs for next three years
*Narita achieved the most-ever users during the New Year holiday season
*JAL and ANA increased New Year international flight passengers from Centrair
*Hiroshima handled the most-ever international flight passengers in 2006
*JAL air transport result for November 2006

*JTB conservatively forecasts overseas travelers for 2007 will just be up 1.4%

2007-01-09T08:00:00.000+09:00

JTB released the travel movement forecast for 2007 on December 26 last year,reporting that Japanese overseas travelers are expected to increaseby 1.4% to 17.9 million over 2006. The forecast also says that domestic travelers and foreign visitors are expected to increase by 0.5% to 320 million and by 6.2% to 7.7 million respectively, compared to 2006.

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*JTB conservatively forecasts overseas travelers for 2007 will just be up 1.4%
*Expedia aims to begin serving dynamic packages in Japan in the near future
*HKTB extends target segments by appealing new Hong Kong attractions
*JAL focuses on charter flight services from Haneda to Hawaii for local demands
*JAL PAK is selling JAL charter products for Majuro for the first time
*ANA will serve B737-700ER with only 48 seats on Centrair-Guangzhou
*JAL and ANA CEOs made New Year speeches for businesses in 2007
*Narita resulted in monthly record-high passengers and aircraft movements inNovember 2006
*All of nine domestic airlines increased passengers in November 2006

*The tourism-related budget draft for FY2007 totals6,409 million yen

2006-12-25T08:00:00.000+09:00

The FY2007 budget draft for the tourism-related programs, which was releasedon December 20, totals 6,409 million yen, including management subsidy to Japan National Tourist Organization (JNTO), which is 1% lessthan the FY2006 budget. For five major tourism programs, the budgetdraft reaches 4,069 million yen, 2% more than the FY2006 budget.

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*The tourism-related budget draft for FY2007 totals 6,409 million yen
*HIS pays an increased dividend with25% increase of consolidated ordinary income
*AB-ROAD survey finds a share of skeleton-typed tour reduced in 2005
*Airlines will be busier this New Year than a year earlier
*United Airlines has decided to suspend Kansai-Chicago flight service
*Kansai forecasts 4% more departures during this New Year holiday season
*Almost 150,000 Japanese will depart overseas from Centrair this New Year
*Japan and India agree to triple passenger flights a week between both countries
*Airport development budget for FY2007 is reduced first time in the last four years

*Travel organizations will unite to make Japan a tourism country

2006-12-18T08:00:00.000+09:00

Tourism Industry Association of Japan (TIJ) Chairman Ryuji Funayama proposedto launch a regular conference by chairmen of 12 tourism-related organizations at Tourism Summit 2006 on December 12, making an opening remark that it is time for the travel industry to take particularactions to make Japan a tourism country. The TIJ board meeting already approved launch of a new conference, and after other 11 organizations accept the proposal, the first conference will probably be held in January next year.

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*Travel organizations will unite to make Japan a tourism country
*Hong Kong Disneyland further focuses on the Japanese market
*KAL intends to fly into Shizuoka Airport as soon as it opens in 2009
*Fifty major travel agents increased overseas travel business for October
*IATA airfares for Korea and Southeast Asia will be raised by 7% in FY2007
*Bangkok Airways has just begun serving Fukuoka flights
*ANA has decided to raise domestic airfares by 2.7% on average
*Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport will begin building a terminal next September

*JTB survey finds Japanese overseas travelers will be up 3.2% during this New Year

2006-12-11T08:00:00.000+09:00

JTB recently released the travel movement survey during this New Year holiday season (December 23 2006 to January 3 2007), reporting that the number of Japanese overseas travelers is expected to reach 648,000, 3.2% more than a year ago. Including forecasted 29.4 million domestic travelers (0.3% more than a year ago), the total number of travelers during the period may reach 30 million approximately, 0.4% more than a year ago.

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*JTB survey finds Japanese overseas travelers will be up 3.2% during this New Year
*Narita forecasts record-breaking departures and arrivals in this New Year
*Japanese and Chinese ministers agreed to restart the bilateral aviation talks soon
*CPA now serves six Hong Kong-Narita flights daily with code-share with HDA
*Travel spending and spillover effect in the economy resulted in slight decrease for FY2005
*ANA and Asiana agree to extend the strategic partnership
*ANA resulted in 10.3% increase of international flight passengers in October
*JAL air transport result for October 2006
*Centrair passengers resulted in 5% increase in October this year
*Japan and Brunei agreed with seven flights a week

*JTB posted increase inoperating income by 70% to 21 billion yen for the first half of FY2006

2006-12-04T08:00:00.000+09:00

JTB announced the consolidated financial results for the first half of FY 2006 ended September 30 for the first time after restructuring of theGroup. Compared to the same period last year, sales increased by 0.2% to 673.9 billion yen, and cost of sales decreased by 1.2% to 519.7 billion yen. Accordingly gross profit on sales increased by 5.2%to 154.2 billion yen.

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*JTB posted increase in operating income by 70% to 21 billion yen for the first half of FY2006
*"Fly & Drive 2007" will be kicked off on January 26 next year
*HIS launches a new company for individual inbound travel
*AFR & KLM established a new office in Tokyo to complete the integrationin Japan
*JAL and ANA each have a different idea for international flight operations at Haneda
*NCA expects cargo operations at Narita and Haneda will be organized well
*Narita passengers in October were slightly up by 1%
*Both domestic and international traffic at Kansai increased by 3 % after 2 months' drop
*ADO largely reduced midterm ordinary income to 883 million yen

*Jetstar to start non-stop services between Nagoya & Osaka and Cairns

2006-11-27T08:00:00.000+09:00

Jetstar, the Qantas Group's low cost carrier (LCC), will start non-stop services from Central Japan International Airport (Nagoya) to Cairns onAugust 2, and from Kansai International Airport (Osaka) to Cairns on September 8, 2007. Jetstar is taking over the services thatwere originally Qantas' (QFA), including the services from Kansai to Sydney and from Sydney via Brisbane back to Kansai beginning fromMarch 25, 2007.

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*Jetstar to start non-stop services between Nagoya & Osaka and Cairns
*Japanese and Chinese leaders agreedwith mutual exchanges of 5 million travelers
*Mexico Tourism Minister hopes the new direct flights will stimulate mutual exchanges
*HIS has received 23% more overseas travel bookings during the New Year holidays
*NAA posted decrease in midterm net income by 45.9% to 6.6 billion yen
*Charge for one A380 landing may be 924,000 yen at Narita
*A380 showed up at Narita for demonstration to airlines of Japan
*The difference of domestic passengers between JAL and ANA was wider in October

* Results of 50 major travel agencies in the first half FY2006 compiled by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure andTransportation--total revenue increased

2006-11-20T08:00:00.000+09:00

According to the results of 50 major travel agencies in the first half of FY2006 compiled by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation, the total revenue increased by 2.3 percent to 3,075.7 billion yen compared to the previous half year; revenue by overseas travel increased by 6.7 percent to 1,400.4 billion yen, while that by domestic travel decreased by 1.1 percent to 1,659.5 billion yen. Revenue from foreigner-inbound travel was 15.8 billion yen, down by 2.4 percent.

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* Results of 50 major travel agencies in the first half FY2006 compiled by Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transportation--total revenue increased by 2.3 percent
* AZA to increase Kansai-Milan routeto 5 flights per week in February 2007
* Half-year results of the JAL Group for FY2006; operating revenue decreasedby half, net balance turned a profit
* JAL to begin charter service to Marshalls in February
* SKY posted a fiscal half-year net loss of 2.6 billion yen, revising forecast of FY2006 ending March 2007 down
* JAL air transport result for September 2006
* Kanagawa Prefecture conducted survey targeting at travelers departing fromHaneda by international charter flights
* Kansai International Airport posted record-breaking ordinary income 7.9 billion yen for first half ofFY2006
* Centrair's half-year results for FY2006; sales volume in non-aviation decreased but increased in aviation

*The Ministry Deputy Director-General recognizes foreign visitors are hard to reach the annual goal

2006-11-13T08:00:00.000+09:00

Kosuke Shibata, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Deputy Director-General for General Tourism Policy, mentioned forecast of foreign visitors for 2006 at a news conference: "It is difficultto achieve the goal of 7.5 million foreign visitors for 2006 with the current monthly growth trend. The annual number will probably be7.2 million. However, we will keep making every effort to increase foreign visitors to Japan as many as possible." He particularly expects that 20% increase of air transport volume between Japan and China, which is effective from the end of October this year, will encourage Chinese tourists to visit Japan.

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*The Ministry Deputy Director-General recognizes foreign visitors are hard to reach the annual goal
*Rakuten-ANA Travel Online provides over 10,000 accommodations
*Tourism promotion for Myanmar gets on the move in Japan
*JAL and ANA will reduce fuel surcharges on international flights next January
*ANA strengthens domestic E-ticketing service as well as international interline
*Vladivostok Air made a good start with 70% load factor on New Kitakyushu flights
*Result of domestic transport in the first half of FY2006 shows big rise in passengers on local routes
*Hiroshima resulted in double-digit growth of international flight passengers

*The task force makes up a report for "FLY & DRIVE 2007" in America

2006-11-06T08:00:00.000+09:00

The Fly & Drive task force, under the U.S.-Japan Tourism Export Expansion Initiative Working Group for the Mainland U.S. Sub-committee, hasrecently made up a report to promote fly & drive products in mainland America, placing 2007 as the starting year for fly & drive promotion. The report toward an annual action plan proposes legal validation for fly & drive and at the same time establishmentof a safety and security support system for consumers.

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*The task force makes up a report for "FLY & DRIVE 2007" in America
+Products will be marketed from the first half of 2007
*JTB to establish local bases to expand selling of cruise products
*Japanese departures for September 2006 were slightly down
*ANA posted record-breaking midterm net profit for the first half of FY2006
+ANA travel business increased sales of overseas packages
*Additional international departures enable Narita to increase revenue
*Centrair expands to 388 flights per week in the winter schedule 2006
*Centrair largely expanded international cargos for the FY2006 first half
*Growth of international passengers at Kansai was boosted by foreign visitors
*SFJ suffered from midterm net loss,but expects FY2007 to turn into black

*The travel industry strongly objects the IATA's decision on VOID limitation

2006-10-30T08:00:00.000+09:00

International Air Transportation Association (IATA-Japan) recently notified the travel industry that VOID for international air tickets will be valid on day of ticketing only within this year. However, the travel industry has strongly objected the IATA's decision because larger financial and operational burdens will probably be imposed on the industry under the system. For the VOID system, which is called "SAME DAY VOID," the travel industry estimates additional costs at 4 to 5 billion yen annually and additional business hoursat 25,000 hours annually.

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*The travel industry strongly objects the IATA's decision on VOID limitation
*JTB survey finds Hawaii is still the most popular destination for honeymoon
*Colorado tourism mission visits Japan first to make the State better known
*ANA follows JAL to cut air ticket commission to 5%
*UAL new service for Washington DC forms part of its hub developments
+Narita-Denver service is highly possible, but need to overcome the aircraft matter
*Narita winter schedule 2006/2007-record-breaking 3,695 Flights
*Kansai to handle the most flights ever for this winter schedule
*Narita reached monthly record-high foreign passengers in September
*ANA will introduce another two B767-300BCFs

*JAL CEO highlights hisstrong wish to achieve a single- year profit

2006-10-23T08:00:00.000+09:00

JAL Group CEO and President Haruka Nishimatsu showed his strong wish to achieve a single-year profit for fiscal year of 2006, which is likely to be a big turning point for the future business, at a joint interview with aviation journalists on October 17 this year. Although JALhad a hard time for the first half of FY2006 because of slow recovery of both domestic and international passenger demands and of highfuel price, Nishimatsu is confident that JAL can recover the loss through the second half of FY2006, relying on recovery of passenger demands and fuel surcharges on its international flights.

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*JAL CEO highlights his strong wish to achieve a single- year profit
*JAL has decided to cut down commission on international flights to 5%
*CTC to develop a new idea to appeal products for Canada to consumers
*JATA survey: package bookings for Europe and China increase in the last three months of 2006
*FIN succeeds in making a profit on its Centrair flights over just two months
*AeroMexico targets load factor of 78% on its new Japan flights
*Kansai expects another 60 flights a week for China this winter
*Japan and India do not reach an agreement on aviation expansion
*JAL and Galaxy agree on code-share cargo flights

*Japan and China have agreed to promote Haneda-Hongqiao charters

2006-10-16T08:00:00.000+09:00

Japan's Prime Minister Shintaro Abe and China's Premier Wen Jiabao agreed topromote charter flight operations between Haneda Airport and Hongqiao Airport, the other Shanghai airport, at the summit meeting on October 8, when Abe visited China for the first time as prime minister. Both leaders have shared a common recognition that it is necessary to begin charter flights to meet growing demand, particularly for possible expansion of passengers between Tokyo and Shanghai in 2010, when Shanghai Expo takes place.

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*Japan and China have agreed to promote Haneda-Hongqiao charters
*GTO received 5,000 bookings for the first business year
*HVN to exploit a new market by serving new flights for Laos
*Overseas travelers for September this year may fall into year-on-year decline
*Qatar Airways will serve daily flights between Kansai and Doha next summer
*China Airlines to increase Kansai flights in this winter
*ANA increased international but decreased domestic passengers in August
*Centrair continued reducing passengers in August

*Japan is active in organizing celebration events with China next year

2006-10-10T08:00:00.000+09:00

Kosuke Shibata, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Deputy Director-General Tourism Policy, revealed at a news conference on October 3 that the Japanese tourism administration will collaborate with the Chinese counterpart to organize celebration events for the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization between Japan and China next year. Shao Qiwei, Director of the China National Tourism Administration, already showed his active attitude for celebrationevents to expand tourism exchanges between both nations, when he met the Japanese tourism delegation for Expo Central China 2006 in Changsha, Hunan Province on September 26.

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*Japan is active in organizing celebration events with China next year
+Airfares and fuel surcharges are ill-balanced
*Hawaii sub-committee proposes seven actions for tourism promotions
*JAL Chairman declares JAL will maintain its Guam flights
*ANA has an ambitious plan to expand its flight network for China
*Japanese departures resulted in year-on-year growths for four consecutive months
*JAL almost stopped reduction of domestic passengers
*JAL issued RFP to two regional jet makers for 70 to 90 seats jet
*JAL air transport result for August 2006
*Narita reduced ratio of large aircraft operations for FY2005
*Kansai Increased both domestic and international passengers in August

*Japan and China hope the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization will be a chance for tourism exchanges

2006-10-02T08:00:00.000+09:00

The Japanese tourism delegation, led by Hayao Hora, Advisor of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, met Shao Qiwei, Director of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), on September 26 to discuss big events next year celebrating the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization between Japan and China, when it joined Expo Central China 2006 in Changsha, Hunan Province. A total of 1,100 Japanese, including the tourism delegation members, joined the first Expo.

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*Japan and China hope the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization will be a chance for tourism exchanges
*NYC & Company to strengthen marketing activates for the Japanese market
*Alamo to increase Japanese users in Southern California
*JTB survey finds more than 50% of respondents have travel plans in this autumn
*New Minister emphasizes organic linkages among three airports in Kansai area
*Emirates tries to lead business travelers in Tokyo to use Centrair-Dubai flights
*Finnair will realize its with to increase Narita flights
*ANA aims to raise international e-ticketing rate up to 70% by end of FY2006
*Narita resulted in 4% increase of passengers for August this year

*JATA Chairman determines to step to the next strategy beyond 20 million overseas travelers

2006-09-25T08:00:00.000+09:00

JATA World Tourism Congress 2006 was held with a discussion theme of "Branding in Tourism" in Tokyo on September 21, joined by Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Kazuo Kitagawa and 960 tourism-related attendants from both Japan and the world. JATA Chairman Koji Shinmachi said at opening remarks, "The government's leading tourism country policy is not only for development of the tourism industry but also for growth of the whole industry of Japan. Now the tourism industry plays an important part of the economic activities in Japan, including local developments, and also plays a diplomatic role."

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*JATA Chairman determines to step tothe next strategy beyond 20 million overseas travelers
*JAL PAK President hopes to double overseas travelers to 36 million
*From "SeeAmerica" to "DiscoverAmerica" for more active promotions
*Aeromexico begins serving Narita-Mexico City flight
*Continental CEO emphasizes Asian market for further business growth
*JAL and ANA increase China flights according to the new agreement
*JAL and KAL expand code share flight network
*NAA finally began extending the B runway to 2,500 meters

*JAL and ANA each will be able to use new 34 slots and 36 slots at Narita

2006-09-18T08:00:00.000+09:00

Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided to allot 70 slotsa week (35 return flights a week) out of unused 140 slots a week (70 return flights a week) to Japanese airlines. The Ministry has agreed with the Chinese counterpart to take advantage of unused slots for domestic flights for international flights including those by Chinese airlines.

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*JAL and ANA each will be able to use new 34 slots and 36 slots at Narita
*Airlines enjoy higher business class demands on their Guam flights
*Direct charter flights for Switzerland will be served from local cities of Japan next summer
*Korea visitors to Japan are expected to reach 2 million this year
*The Ministry approves the Narita runway extension project
*Kansai suffers from fewer flights by Japanese carriers than before
*Narita handled the most passengers ever this summer
*JAL air transport result for July 2006

*Japanese visitors to Asia Pacific varied by country in July

2006-09-11T08:00:00.000+09:00

The number of Japanese visitors to China for July this year still grew by 16.5% to 310,000 over the same month last year due to positive rebound from the reductions after the anti-Japan demonstration in April last year. On the contrary, the number of those to Korea turned into4.2% reduction to 173,272 for July this year although the monthly number had marked double-digit growth since May this year. For the first seven months of this year, China accepted 8.0% more Japanese visitors than a year ago, while Korea suffered from 4.5% reduction of Japanese visitors.

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*Japanese visitors to Asia Pacific varied by country in July
*JATA will report "Post-20 million Overseas TravelersPlan" in October this year
*Fiji will run a joint tourism campaign for the Japanese market
*NWA will add its Narita-Guam/Saipan flights from October
*KAL will fly into new Shizuoka Airport
*Extension of Narita runway is finally accepted by local communities
*Centrair resulted in 10% reduction of passengers for July
*Sojitz ties up with DLH for business aircraft charter services in Asia
*SKY and ADO largely reduced yields for the first quarter of FY2006

*The Ministry has requested 18.2% more budgets for tourism-related programs in FY2007

2006-09-04T08:00:00.000+09:00

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Tourism Division recentlyannounced that it has requested a total of 7,684 million yen for the tourism-related programs in FY2007, 18.2% more than the budget for FY2006. For Visit Japan Campaign (VJC) that will be the 5th year in FY2007 since it began in FY2003, the Ministry has requested another 4,000 million yen, doubling the budget for the first fiscal year.

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*The Ministry has requested 18.2% more budgets for tourism-related programs in FY2007
*CAB has requested 11.4% more budget for airport developments in FY2007
*CAB Director General says: "Range of internationalflights from Haneda should carefully be considered"
*KNT resulted in less revenue than expected for the first six months of 2006
*NTA succeeded in shrinking losses for the first six half of 2006
*MasterCard forecasts Asia/Pacific overseas travelers will record double-digit growth
*ANA will also raise fuel surcharges on its international flights
*Saudi Arabian Airlines begins serving Kansai flight
*Narita resulted in 1% increase of passengers for July

*Additional 35 departure slots weekly of Narita may be allotted to JAL and ANA

2006-08-28T08:00:00.000+09:00

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided that Narita International Airport will use unused departure slots for domestic flights for new international flights, following the new aviation agreement between Japan and China. Today Narita ensures unused departure slots for nine to ten domestic flights daily or 63 to 70 flights weekly, out of which 35 flights weekly may be allotted to Japanese carriers, according to the Ministry's discussion.

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*Additional 35 departure slots weekly of Narita may be allotted to JAL and ANA
*Fly & Drive products are emerging as a new travel model in America
+HIS will sell Fly & Drive package tours this autumn
*Foreign visitors for the first half of 2006 resulted in 8% growth
*NTA offers campaign products for China and Europe for the last half of FY2006
*JAL and ANA largely increased passengers for China this summer
*Both JAL and ANA slightly decreased domestic flight passengers for July
*Kansai increased domestic flight passengers for July
*ANA launched a joint venture for pilot Leasing in Hawaii
*ANA will serve a new Narita feeder service from Naha

*JAL restructures its international flight network for higher profitability

2006-08-21T08:00:00.000+09:00

JAL Group released partial change of the international flight plan for the second half of FY2006 on August 17, reporting that it will enforce increase of Central Japan International Airport (Centrair)-Guangzhouflights and of Narita-Bangkok/Delhi flights, but decrease of Narita-Chicago flights and suspension of Centrair-Manila flights from October 29 this year.

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*JAL restructures its international flight network for higher profitability
*JAL Group will again raise fuel surcharges on international flights
*JAL increased revenue but still suffered from losses for the 1st quarter
*AAL decided to suspend KIX-Dallas/Fort Worth flights again
*Japanese visitors for China have recovered well from the decline last year
*ANA Hello Tour extends services for each customer segment
*Overseas travel transaction totally resulted in 8.7% growth in June
*ANA hopes to serve another ANA Connection for Naha
*JAL air transport result for June 2006

*KNT increases HOLIDAY travel courses with tour conductors for the second half

2006-08-07T08:00:00.000+09:00

Kinki Nippon Tourist (KNT) has started selling products of its overseas travel brand HOLIDAY for the second half of FY2006 (October 2005 to March 2007). KNT distinctively increases travel courses guided by tourconductors to make strong approaches to the baby boomer generation customers particularly. Also, KNT extends application options for America and Australia products by newly offering a discount systemfor early booking customers.

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*KNT increases HOLIDAY travel courses with tour conductors for the second half
+Offering Las Vegas products via Seoul
*Japanese departures slightly increased for the first six months of 2006
+Foreign arrivals largely grew for the first six months of 2006
*Hong Kong welcomed 7.6% more Japanese visitors for the first six months
*Hawaii reduced Japanese visitors, but increased travelersÉÜ spending
*ANA enjoyed the best financial performance for the 1st quarter ever
*UAL will shift its east coast flights from JFK to Washington DC this winter
*JAL serves six charters for Ayers Rock in August
*ANA & JP Express begins its cargo business from Haneda
*Star Alliance launches a cargo alliance project
*Centrair expanded the monthly reduction rate of passengers for June
*Kansai handled the monthly most foreign passengers for June