*The travel industry strongly objects the IATA's decision on VOID limitation

International Air Transportation Association (IATA-Japan) recently notified the travel industry that VOID for international air tickets will be valid on day of ticketing only within this year. However, the travel industry has strongly objected the IATA's decision because larger financial and operational burdens will probably be imposed on the industry under the system. For the VOID system, which is called "SAME DAY VOID," the travel industry estimates additional costs at 4 to 5 billion yen annually and additional business hoursat 25,000 hours annually.

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*The travel industry strongly objects the IATA's decision on VOID limitation
*JTB survey finds Hawaii is still the most popular destination for honeymoon
*Colorado tourism mission visits Japan first to make the State better known
*ANA follows JAL to cut air ticket commission to 5%
*UAL new service for Washington DC forms part of its hub developments
+Narita-Denver service is highly possible, but need to overcome the aircraft matter
*Narita winter schedule 2006/2007-record-breaking 3,695 Flights
*Kansai to handle the most flights ever for this winter schedule
*Narita reached monthly record-high foreign passengers in September
*ANA will introduce another two B767-300BCFs

*JAL CEO highlights hisstrong wish to achieve a single- year profit

JAL Group CEO and President Haruka Nishimatsu showed his strong wish to achieve a single-year profit for fiscal year of 2006, which is likely to be a big turning point for the future business, at a joint interview with aviation journalists on October 17 this year. Although JALhad a hard time for the first half of FY2006 because of slow recovery of both domestic and international passenger demands and of highfuel price, Nishimatsu is confident that JAL can recover the loss through the second half of FY2006, relying on recovery of passenger demands and fuel surcharges on its international flights.

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*JAL CEO highlights his strong wish to achieve a single- year profit
*JAL has decided to cut down commission on international flights to 5%
*CTC to develop a new idea to appeal products for Canada to consumers
*JATA survey: package bookings for Europe and China increase in the last three months of 2006
*FIN succeeds in making a profit on its Centrair flights over just two months
*AeroMexico targets load factor of 78% on its new Japan flights
*Kansai expects another 60 flights a week for China this winter
*Japan and India do not reach an agreement on aviation expansion
*JAL and Galaxy agree on code-share cargo flights

*Japan and China have agreed to promote Haneda-Hongqiao charters

Japan's Prime Minister Shintaro Abe and China's Premier Wen Jiabao agreed topromote charter flight operations between Haneda Airport and Hongqiao Airport, the other Shanghai airport, at the summit meeting on October 8, when Abe visited China for the first time as prime minister. Both leaders have shared a common recognition that it is necessary to begin charter flights to meet growing demand, particularly for possible expansion of passengers between Tokyo and Shanghai in 2010, when Shanghai Expo takes place.

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*Japan and China have agreed to promote Haneda-Hongqiao charters
*GTO received 5,000 bookings for the first business year
*HVN to exploit a new market by serving new flights for Laos
*Overseas travelers for September this year may fall into year-on-year decline
*Qatar Airways will serve daily flights between Kansai and Doha next summer
*China Airlines to increase Kansai flights in this winter
*ANA increased international but decreased domestic passengers in August
*Centrair continued reducing passengers in August

*Japan is active in organizing celebration events with China next year

Kosuke Shibata, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Deputy Director-General Tourism Policy, revealed at a news conference on October 3 that the Japanese tourism administration will collaborate with the Chinese counterpart to organize celebration events for the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization between Japan and China next year. Shao Qiwei, Director of the China National Tourism Administration, already showed his active attitude for celebrationevents to expand tourism exchanges between both nations, when he met the Japanese tourism delegation for Expo Central China 2006 in Changsha, Hunan Province on September 26.

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*Japan is active in organizing celebration events with China next year
+Airfares and fuel surcharges are ill-balanced
*Hawaii sub-committee proposes seven actions for tourism promotions
*JAL Chairman declares JAL will maintain its Guam flights
*ANA has an ambitious plan to expand its flight network for China
*Japanese departures resulted in year-on-year growths for four consecutive months
*JAL almost stopped reduction of domestic passengers
*JAL issued RFP to two regional jet makers for 70 to 90 seats jet
*JAL air transport result for August 2006
*Narita reduced ratio of large aircraft operations for FY2005
*Kansai Increased both domestic and international passengers in August

*Japan and China hope the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization will be a chance for tourism exchanges

The Japanese tourism delegation, led by Hayao Hora, Advisor of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, met Shao Qiwei, Director of the China National Tourism Administration (CNTA), on September 26 to discuss big events next year celebrating the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization between Japan and China, when it joined Expo Central China 2006 in Changsha, Hunan Province. A total of 1,100 Japanese, including the tourism delegation members, joined the first Expo.

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*Japan and China hope the 35th anniversary of the diplomatic normalization will be a chance for tourism exchanges
*NYC & Company to strengthen marketing activates for the Japanese market
*Alamo to increase Japanese users in Southern California
*JTB survey finds more than 50% of respondents have travel plans in this autumn
*New Minister emphasizes organic linkages among three airports in Kansai area
*Emirates tries to lead business travelers in Tokyo to use Centrair-Dubai flights
*Finnair will realize its with to increase Narita flights
*ANA aims to raise international e-ticketing rate up to 70% by end of FY2006
*Narita resulted in 4% increase of passengers for August this year