ANA strengthens its management under the new presidency

ANA Board of Directors decided on January 18 this year that Senior Executive Vice President Mineo Yamamoto will be promoted to President and CEO after President and CEO Yoji Ohashi takesoffice as Chairman. Chairman Kichisaburo Nomura will become Executive Advisor. The new presidency will be effective on April 1 this year.

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Headline
ANA strengthens its management underthe new presidency
Airline
*JAL Group will increase flight services for Korea, Taiwan and Russia in FY2005
*JAL expands code-sharing tie-ups with KAL
*ANA ties up with VISA for an identification service
Airport
*Kansai marked the most international taking-offs and landings ever for 2004
*Nagoya Airport modifies PTB exclusively for small aircraft
Space
*New 1st MTSAT will be launched on February 24 this year
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Airports in China

*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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Headline
*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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Patriotism

*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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Impression quality of ANA