JAL will additionally suspend some leisure international flights

JAL has decided to suspend daily Kansai International Airport (KIX)-Los Angeles flights and three Narita-Las Vegas flights weekly in October this year, when the 2006 winter schedule begins. Also, JAL will suspend daily KIX-Brisbane-Sydney flights in the end of March 2007, though it will serve the flights through FY2006 to support the Japan-Australia Year of Exchange.

In the 2006 summer schedule that will begin in the end of March this year, JAL will also shrink its international flights as follows: Reducing from double-daily flights to daily flights on Narita-London route Changing from daytime flights to night flights and also changing to smaller B767 on KIX-Guam route Suspending four Komatsu-Seoul flights weekly and three Hiroshima-Seoul flights weekly

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JAL will additionally suspend some leisure international flights
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