*More short-haul international flight passengers during New Year holidays

The air traffic results during New Year holidays (December 25 2004 to January 6 2005), which were reported by each of Japanese airlines, find that they carried more passengers on short-haul international flightroutes but fewer passengers on long-haul international flight routes than a year ago because of shorter holiday period than a year ago. Domestic flight passengers slight decreased during the period as each airline reduced available seats.

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*More short-haul international flight passengers during New Year holidays
Airline
*SKY is officially approved Haneda-Kansai flights
*JAL and ANA join the e-passport validity test
*SAS starts an in-flight broadband internet access service
*JAL air transport result for November 2004
Administration
*GV was granted a type certificate from the Japanese authority
Industry
*MHI aims at order intakes of 1,050 billion yen for transportation & security business
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