*Star Flyerapplies for a business license to the Ministry

Star Flyer, preparing to begin its flight businesses in March next year in accordance with open of New Kitakyushu Airport, officially applied for an air transport business license to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport on September 7 this year. At the same time,the start-up airline has requested to use departure slots of HanedaAirport for its nine return flights during daytime. Also, it will provide three return flights during early morning or midnight, for which Haneda departure slots will be offered to the airline unconditionally.

This Week Contents
Headline
Star Flyer applies for a business license to the Ministry
Industry
*The development term of Japanese original jet is extended
*ShinMaywa delivers boarding bridges for A380 to Singapore
Airline
*NWA discontinues NRT-JFK service in October due to the soared fuel cost
*ANA unveils a new economy class seat for domestic flights
*ANA increased both domestic and international passengers in August
Airport
*NAA and IATA failed to reach an agreement on landing charges again
*Centrair handled more than 1.1 million passengers in July
Defense
*JDA has requested 188.6 billion yen for 34 aircraft for FY2006 budget
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