composer Emmanuel
Jal poses during a photocall for the movie "War Child" at the 34th American Film Festival in Deauville, Normandy, France, Saturday Sept.
Japan Airlines parent
JAL Group applied to the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport to increase fuel surcharges on all international passenger tickets from Oct.
Osaka-based
JAL Express will take over the operation of JAS' former MD81 fleet, which will now be operated on domestic services only, while the changes affecting
JAL ways have yet to be specified.
"This new Ministry will look at the management of our water resources and water supply in an integrated and holistic manner and will work with states to ensure 'Har Ghar
Jal', to all rural households by 2024 under '
Jal Jeevan Mission'," she added.
(10:00AM Japan Time) The
JAL Group will continue to embrace new challenges to deliver greater customer convenience, enhance its networks, and improve the quality of its products and services.
As
JAL, in court-administered rehabilitation, has also reached a basic agreement with its major creditor banks on new loans,
JAL's rehabilitation plan is expected to gain approval from the Tokyo District Court by the end of this month.
In addition, JALI subsidiary
JAL Cargo Service Co Limited (JCG) with its headquarters in Narita, will transfer the business and assets of its cargo handling operations at ChubuCentrair International Airportto Suzuyo through a business transfer agreement also reached today.
American Airlines Chairman and CEO Gerard Arpey said yesterday that AA continues to engage in discussions with
JAL and the Japanese government regarding its offer to invest in the troubled airline.
In addition,
JAL has also filed with the MLIT to revise the procedure of setting its fuel surcharge levels.
In the earnings report for fiscal 2006,
JAL also said it booked a pretax profit of 20.58 billion yen, a turnaround from a 41.61 billion yen loss, and an operating profit of 22.92 billion yen, compared with a loss of 26.83 billion yen, on operating revenues of 2,301.92 billion yen, up 4.7 percent.
In response to customer demand,
JAL will operate double daily service between Tokyo (Narita) = Guam and Osaka (Kansai) = Honolulu during the peak travel season.
JAL has recently reached an agreement with Panasonic to aggressively install
JAL SKY Wi-Fi on its international Boeing 767-300ERs, Boeing 777-200ERs and Boeing 787s operated on its Southeast Asia and other international routes.
