*ANA Sales successfullyachieve more operating profit than initially planned

ANA Sales President Koji Ono revealed at an interview with the Wing Travel Weekly that it has achieved operating profit of 2,700 million yen for FY2005, 10% less than operating profit for FY2004, but 5 million yen more than the initial target. Consolidated transactions for FY2005 reached 276 billion yen, 8% more than a year ago.

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*ANA Sales successfully achieve more operating profit than initially planned
+Offering new products for senior travelers
+Leveraging businesses for China and Europe particularly for FY2006
*Tourism mission of Bali visited Japan to appeal favorable recovery
+BTB ensures a large budget for security improvement
*JATA survey: Package tours for Asia are strongly preferred during GW
*Turkish Airlines to extend code share flights with JAL
*JAL marked booking rate of 73.9% on its international flights during GW
*ANA renews its domestic flight booking system "able"
*ANA and SWR to begin code share flights on June 2
*New Kitakyushu marked year-on-year growth of passengers first month
*Hiroshima Airport handled 16.8% more international passengers for FY2005

*Active America was joined by more than 40 buyers from Japan

The 15th Active America Travel Summit started in Montreal, Quebec on April 12, joined by more than 40 buyers from Japan and more than 70 suppliers from the U.S. and Canada. It was the largest-scale ever in its history. Tourism Montreal President and CEO Charles Lapointe said at an opening event, "Active America is an event to introducetourist attractions of both America and Canada to Japan. I believe it is a good chance for Japanese buyers to know about the two different tourist destinations better."

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*Active America was joined by more than 40 buyers from Japan
+Japanese buyers look for post-Maple Route products
*More than 6 million foreigners visited Japan in 2005
*Jetstar will commence daily Kansai flight service from next March
*Chinese carriers will possibly join Star Alliance soon
*ANA will contract check-in procedures at Narita for SQ and TG
*JAL air transport result for February 2006
*Narita forecasts the most-ever passengers during this GW
*Kansai enjoyed 4% increase of passengers for March

*JTB forecasts the most-ever Japanese will go abroad during this GW

JTB released a travel forecast for this Golden Week (April 26 to May 6), reporting that the number of Japanese overseas travelers will be up 3.9% to 565,000 approximately compared to a year ago. It is the most-ever Japanese overseas travelers during GW, more than 564,000 overseas travelers during the GW 2000.
JTB also forecasts that the number of domestic travelers during the period may reach 21.34 million, 0.6% more than a year ago. The forecast represents the second most domestic travelers during GW, following theGW in 2001.

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*JTB forecasts the most-ever Japanese will go abroad during this GW
*Japanese departures grew as a whole but reduced locally
+Gimpo charter flights allowed Haneda to grow Japanese departures
*AAL hopes to increase business demand on its KIX-Dallas flights
+Moving to 2 PTB at Narita will give AAL big merits
*ACA tries to exploit new markets for stable demand through a year
*Kansai operates the most-ever international flights this summer
*Centrair targets more than 12 million passengers for FY2006
*Centrair resulted in year-on-year reduction of passengers first time
*ANA launches a strategic research institute to develop intellectual property
*JAL extends code shares with HainanAirlines

*JTB will begin the business of its independent corporation in Shanghai

JTB announced on March 29 that it would begin full-scale business of JTB (Shanghai) International Tours Co. Ltd., the local independent corporation of JTB that has already authorized by China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), in this autumn. The new corporation will function as a core base for JTB to develop its business strategy for China. Also, JTB has revealed that it is preparing to launch a new independent corporation for the growing event and convention businessmarket in Beijing.

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*JTB will begin the business of its independent corporation in Shanghai
*TA starts a new tourism campaign for experience seekers
*Mongolia attracts Japanese tourists with the Chinggis Khaan anniversary events
*JAL CEO says B787 and B737-800 willplay key roles on its international network
+JEX will also boost its existence value
*JAL will introduce a new integratedmaintenance system
*ANA revises upward its financial outlook for FY2005 again
*Narita reduces aircraft movements during this summer schedule
*Japan and Taiwan have agreed on increase of air transport volumes
*NAA aims to expand non-aviation revenue to 45% of the total
*Kansai still suffered year-on-year losses of international passengers