*Administrative Vice Minister intends to increase charter flights for Kimpo

Satoshi Iwamura, Administrative Vice Minister of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport revealed at a news conference on December 20 last year that he intends to increase Haneda-Kimpo (Seoul) charter flights from four daily today to eight daily around this summer. In the summit meeting between Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi and Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in Kagoshima in December last year, President Roh requested to increase the charter flights to eight daily, and Prime Minister Koizumi showed his positive attitude to the request.

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Headline
*Administrative Vice Minister intends to increase charter flights for Kimpo
Airline
*JAL and ANA will introduce fuel surcharge on international flights
*ANA will expand code-sharing operations with Asiana
*Airlines reduced seats and passengers of domestic flights for November
Airport
*Narita marked the most monthly passengers ever in November
*Kansai recovered well international flight passengers for November
Defense
*FY2005 defense budget includes 234.7 billion yen for 29 aircraft
Industry
*METI budget for aircraft development largely increases
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