*AAL to cut ticketing commission to travel agents of Japan

American Airlines (AAL) has decided to cut ticketing commission to travel agents of Japan from 7% today to 5% after October 1 this year, following Northwest Airlines (NWA) that has already announced the same decision on June 1 this year. The decision by NWA and AAL will probably influence JAL and ANA as well as other U.S. carriers.
JAL said that it has studied how it can deal with ticketing commission underthe current circumstance of airline business. However JAL dose not decide a particular action on commission cut.

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