Airbus COO emphasized benefits of A380 to JAL and ANA again

Charles Champion, Airbus Chief Operating Officer and Head of the A380 Program, visited Japan on April 5 to say that Airbus is still ambitious to sell A380 in Japan and to expand industrial relations with Japanese manufacturers. The first aim for his visiting this time was to explain the current condition of the A380 program to JAL and ANA, though it was not direct sales activity, Champion added.

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Headline
Airbus COO emphasized benefits of A380 to JAL and ANA again
Airline
*AAL hopes to increase business demand on its KIX-Dallas flights
+Moving to 2 PTB at Naritawill give AAL big merits
*ACA tries to exploit new markets for stable demand through a year
*ANA launches a strategic research institute to develop intellectual property
*JAL extends code shares with Hainan Airlines
Airport
*Kansai operates the most-ever international flights this summer
*Centrair targets more than 12 million passengers for FY2006
*Centrair resulted in year-on-year reduction of passengers first time
*New Kitakyushu Airport has started well with high load factors
Column "COCKPIT"
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