*Charter flights from Taiwan remarkably increased in FY2004

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently reported that the number of international charter flights through FY2004 was largely up 43.4% to 5,904 flights, compared with a year ago. The total number was classified into 1,370 flights by Japanese airlines (9.6% more than a year ago) and 4,534 flights by foreign airlines (58.2% more than a year ago).

This Week Headline
*Charter flights from Taiwan remarkably increased in FY2004
*Daytime Haneda-Kimpo charters were preferred by individual passengers
*More charter flights for Russia will be offered this summer
*Thailand targets 1.36 million Japanese visitors for 2005
*Both Japanese departures and foreign visitors grew for March
*ANA opens Centrair-Shanghai and increases Narita-Guangzhou
*ANA begins code-sharing flights with LOT
*Domestic air traffic slightly shrunk for FY2004
*JAL air transport result for February 2005