New Kitakyushu Airport opened, Star Flyer started flight business

New Kitakyushu Airport opened on March 16 with seat booking rate of around 50% for the first month. JAL Group still serves five return flights daily between the new airport and Haneda with larger aircraft thanthat for flights between old Kitakyushu Airport and Haneda. In addition, J-Air serves three return flights daily for Nagoya with CRJ200, and Japan Transocean Air serves one return flight daily for Nahawith B737. JAL Group offers about 2.1 times more seats at New Kitakyushu Airport than old Kitakyushu Airport.

This Week Contents
Headline
New Kitakyushu Airport opened, Star Flyer started flight business
Airline
*The Ministry issued a written warning to SKY for maintenance trouble
*JAL nearly achieves its e-ticket rate of 40% on international flights
*Domestic local flights decreased passengers for 2005 despite the open of Centrair
*ANA and SWR agree on comprehensive tie-ups
Airport
*Airlines enjoyed high load factors on Kobe flights for the first month
*Kansai could not stop decrease of international passengers
Industry
*FHI delivered the first AH-64D for GSDF to the Defense Agency