*Narita partially restricts the operations on the second runway

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport announced on March 24 that Narita Airport will restrict the flight operations on the second runway during the summer schedule from March 27 to October 29 thisyear. According to " the temporary action," taking-off flights for one hour from 22:00 p.m. to 23:00 p.m. will move to before 22:00, and landing flights before 6:30 a.m. will move to after 6:30.

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Headline
*Narita partially restricts the operations on the second runway
Airport
*The Haneda new runway project is awarded to a JV at 598.5 billion yen
*Kansai international flight passengers grew by 15% for February
Airline
*International passengers were largely up for a calendar year of 2004
*CSN is ambitious to expand its flight network to Japan
*Oneworld launches a new Japanese website for more commitment to the market
Industry
*KHI delivered the first firefighting BK117C-2 to Kawasaki City
Column "COCKPIT"
Ambition of Kintetsu World Express

*JAL is reprimanded for a series of incidents with "operation correction order"

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport issued "operation correction order" to JAL International and a warning to each Holding Company JAL and JAL Japan over a series of incidents on March 17 this year. It is quite unusual for the authority to issue both issued "operation correction order" and a warning to several airlines of one Group at the same time. "Operation correction order" is one of the most serious administrative punishments on the Aviation Law, following "operation suspension."JAL also accepted "operation correction order" against the inappropriate maintenance of emergency escape slides six years ago.

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Headline
*JAL is reprimanded for a series of incidents with メoperation correction orderモ
Airline
*Shinmachi will take office as CEO earlier than the original plan
*JAL air transport result for January 2005
*Newcomers opened new flight routes one after the other
*A Russian airline to fly into Haneda for its charter services

*JAL Group aims to get the international flight business into the black

JAL Group released the Medium Term Corporate Plan for 2005-2007 on March 10 this year, reporting that it aims to establish a business structure to generate profit even under any kinds of business environments,such as the recent rise of fuel cost or possible lower demand, and a stronger management structure enough to compete with other Asianairlines. JAL is likely to make a profit for this fiscal year endedMarch 31 this year, however, it largely relies on the contingency measures to increase revenue by 47 billion yen, credit memos and therevision of retirement system.

This Week Contents
Headline
*JAL Group aims to get the international flight business into the black
+Stricter cost management to generate profits
Airline
*Shinmachi is promoted to JAL Group CEO
*JAL further enhances its flight network between Japan and China
*SKY got its balance sheet into the black for the first quarter
*Sagawa is launching a new cargo airline in this April
*ANA introduces the 3D sound technology for its in-flight entertainments
Industry
*Sumitomo Precision joins the Trent 1000 program
*MHI completes to deliver the final SH-60J
Column "COCKPIT"
Quality cannot be covered by quantity

*Four times more international flight passengers used Haneda

The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport recently reported that the number of international flight passengers at Haneda Airport for acalendar year of 2004 totaled 807,284, 3.9 times more than 203,522 of 2003. Out of the total, the number of foreign passengers largely expanded by 4.2 times to 310,167, compared with a year ago, primarily because more Korean passengers used charter flights between Haneda and Kimpo, the other airport of Seoul.

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Headline
*Four times more international flight passengers used Haneda
Airport
*Two new cargo operators will fly into Centrair
*Six percents more passengers used Narita for January
*Nagoya Airport is not so damaged by open of Centrair
Airline
*Domestic flight passengers for January increased
*AIR NEXT is ready for taking off
Industry
*ShinMaywa is interested in selling US-1A Kai oversea
Column "COCKPIT"
Birth of engineering ethics