*LOOK JTB is offering new theme-oriented products for the second half

JTB World Vacations has started offering LOOK JTB products for the second half of FY2005 since July 22, setting the target for the period to be700,000 customers, 9% more than a year ago. JTB does not change theannual target of 1.35 million customers, 8% more than FY2004, but it seems to be hard to accomplish the target as it aims to increase customers for China by 73% to 69,000 or customers for Australia by33% to 80,000 through this fiscal year, compared with a year ago.

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*LOOK JTB is offering new theme-oriented products for the second half
*JTB largely increased web transactions by 42% to 65 million yen for FY2004
*JAZ will also stop operating some international resort flights
*Japanese visitors to Beijing were dull of growing for the 1st half of 2005
*Taiwan welcomed 44% more Japanese visitors for the first half of 2005
*NAA has decided to extend the B runway northward, giving up the original plan
*ANA will add two flights weekly on its Narita-Hong Kong route this summer
*SKY still suffered from low load factor on its Haneda-Kansai route

*JAL PAK clarifies "JAL brand" in its three-years corporate plan

JAL PAK released new three-years midterm corporate plan (FY2005 to FY2007) to have a clearer vision that JAL PAK is a company dealing with overseas travel products in the JAL Group as JAL PAK President Akihiko Kaji said at a news conference on July 17 that the travel company is pushing "JAL brand" forward. Under the new concept, JAL PAK announced travel products of I'll and AVA for the second half of FY2005, making catchphrases of "TOTAL COMFORT" for I'll and "Reasonable offering of JAL PAK quality" for AVA.

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*JAL PAK clarifies "JAL brand" in its three-years corporate plan
+Cancellation of JAL's Saipan flights impactsJAL PAK business for Micronesia
*CPA has it in mind to operate non-stop Fukuoka-Hong Kong flights
*AAL appeals easy flight accesses at Dallas for passengers from KIX
*Narita expects 1% more departures this summer
*ANA decides to sell its all stocks of NCA to NYK
*ANA carried 5.3% more domestic passengers for June
*Kansai handled 30% domestic passengers for June
*SNA has improved operational rate since starting the tie-up with ANA
*JAL air transport result for May 2005

*Japan approves to welcome group Chinese tourists from the whole China

Kazuo Kitagawa, the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT), and Shao Qiwei, Director of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), announced in Beijing on July 2 to have agreed that Japan will begin accepting group Chinese tourists from the whole China on July 25 this year. On the opening day, Shao will visit Japan withabout 200 Chinese travel agents to hold China-Japan tourism events in Japan.

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*Japan approves to welcome group Chinese tourists from the whole China
+Japan and China confirm stronger cooperation in tourism promotion
*JTB forecasts overseas travelers will slightly increase this summer
*Kinki begins selling Holiday products for the second half of FY2005
*Vietnam welcomed 21.6% more Japanese visitors for the 1st half of 2005
*NAA officially announces to open the 5th satellite of the 1st PTB in June 2006
*The anti-Japan campaigns forced Narita to reduce int'lpassengers for May
*Shanghai Airlines will open its Toyama route
*Former NWA director will take office as Qantas General Manager Japan
*JAL extends code-sharing cargo flights with Lufthansa

*JTB Hong Kong focuses on more careful business approaches to FIT

Hong Kong is increasing tourists from mainland China, but is hard to increase tourists from Japan mainly because the negative influence from a series of the anti-Japan campaigns seems to discourages Japanese tourists to visit Hong Kong. The Wing Travel Weekly had a chance to interview with Masakazu Miyakoshi, JTB Hong Kong Manager, who saidthat FIT is increasing in both inbound travel to Hong Kong and outbound travel from Hong Kong.

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*JTB Hong Kong focuses on more careful business approaches to FIT
+Outbound travelers from HongKong to Japan are expanding
*Japanese visitors to China reduced by 11% for May due to the anti-Japan campaigns
*B to C travel market expanded to transactions of 661 billion yen for FY2004
+B to B travel market grew with expansion of BTM
*Toyama may welcome ten times more charter flights from Taiwan
*Eight airlines slightly decreased domestic flight passengers for May this year
*Expansion of the flight routes enabled JAL Ways to increase revenue
*SNA increased revenue but expanded net loss
*ANA is developing "high value-added strategy" on its domestic routes
*Narita first PTB will completely open in early June next year