J-WING TRAVEL WEEKLY

Japan's Leading tourism news

August 28, 2006

*Additional 35 departure slots weekly of Narita may be allotted to JAL and ANA

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport has decided that Narita International Airport will use unused departure slots for domestic flights for new international flights, following the new aviation agreement between Japan and China. Today Narita ensures unused departure slots for nine to ten domestic flights daily or 63 to 70 flights weekly, out of which 35 flights weekly may be allotted to Japanese carriers, according to the Ministry's discussion.

This Week Headline
*Additional 35 departure slots weekly of Narita may be allotted to JAL and ANA
*Fly & Drive products are emerging as a new travel model in America
+HIS will sell Fly & Drive package tours this autumn
*Foreign visitors for the first half of 2006 resulted in 8% growth
*NTA offers campaign products for China and Europe for the last half of FY2006
*JAL and ANA largely increased passengers for China this summer
*Both JAL and ANA slightly decreased domestic flight passengers for July
*Kansai increased domestic flight passengers for July
*ANA launched a joint venture for pilot Leasing in Hawaii
*ANA will serve a new Narita feeder service from Naha

August 21, 2006

*JAL restructures its international flight network for higher profitability

JAL Group released partial change of the international flight plan for the second half of FY2006 on August 17, reporting that it will enforce increase of Central Japan International Airport (Centrair)-Guangzhouflights and of Narita-Bangkok/Delhi flights, but decrease of Narita-Chicago flights and suspension of Centrair-Manila flights from October 29 this year.

This Week Headline
*JAL restructures its international flight network for higher profitability
*JAL Group will again raise fuel surcharges on international flights
*JAL increased revenue but still suffered from losses for the 1st quarter
*AAL decided to suspend KIX-Dallas/Fort Worth flights again
*Japanese visitors for China have recovered well from the decline last year
*ANA Hello Tour extends services for each customer segment
*Overseas travel transaction totally resulted in 8.7% growth in June
*ANA hopes to serve another ANA Connection for Naha
*JAL air transport result for June 2006

August 7, 2006

*KNT increases HOLIDAY travel courses with tour conductors for the second half

Kinki Nippon Tourist (KNT) has started selling products of its overseas travel brand HOLIDAY for the second half of FY2006 (October 2005 to March 2007). KNT distinctively increases travel courses guided by tourconductors to make strong approaches to the baby boomer generation customers particularly. Also, KNT extends application options for America and Australia products by newly offering a discount systemfor early booking customers.

This Week Headline
*KNT increases HOLIDAY travel courses with tour conductors for the second half
+Offering Las Vegas products via Seoul
*Japanese departures slightly increased for the first six months of 2006
+Foreign arrivals largely grew for the first six months of 2006
*Hong Kong welcomed 7.6% more Japanese visitors for the first six months
*Hawaii reduced Japanese visitors, but increased travelersÉÜ spending
*ANA enjoyed the best financial performance for the 1st quarter ever
*UAL will shift its east coast flights from JFK to Washington DC this winter
*JAL serves six charters for Ayers Rock in August
*ANA & JP Express begins its cargo business from Haneda
*Star Alliance launches a cargo alliance project
*Centrair expanded the monthly reduction rate of passengers for June
*Kansai handled the monthly most foreign passengers for June