MJ program to be decided go ahead or not within next year and a half

The 9th aircraft meeting of the aircraft space industry sectional committee under the initiative of Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) was held on June 19 to discuss the current situation on the environmentally compatible high performance small jet aircraft program, which is so-called the MJ program, particularly focusing on market potentiality.

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Headline
MJ program to be decided go ahead or not within next year and a half
Airline
*JAL reduced reduction rate of domestic passengers in May
*Shandong Airlines plans to fly into Kansai
*AAL to cut ticketing commission to travel agents of Japan
Helicopter
*Yuhi Airlines will start serving Narita Heli Express from Tokyo
Airport
*Kansai plans to separate two runways for departures and arrivals
*Kansai resulted in 5% increase of international passengers for May
*New Kitakyushu will become a 24-hours airport
Industry
*MHI establishes single-piece molding technology for fuel tank of H-IIB rocket
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Formidable potentiality of civil aviation in China

SNA suffered from largeincrease of net loss for FY2005

Skynet Asia Airways (SNA) released the FY2005 financial result on June 14, reporting that the airline posted net loss of 2,865 million yen, 109.5% more than FY2004, although it succeeded in increasing operatingrevenue by 21% to 14,426 million yen compared to FY2004 mainly because of the new flight business on Haneda-Nagasaki route.

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Headline
SNA suffered from large increase of net loss for FY2005
Airport
*The Kansai second runway will open on August 2 next year
Airline
*Star Flyer aims at net profit of 900 million yen for FY2006
*Qantas coexists with Jet Star in the Japanese market
*Vladivostok Air hopes to serve scheduled flights for Kitakyushu
*JAL to increase Class J seats on B777 for domestic flights
*JAL air transport result for April 2006
Helicopter
*AgustaWestland is awardeda contract on four A109 Powers from NPA
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Two test pilots

Narita South Wing of the 1st PTB opens with Star Alliance together

Star Alliance celebrated open of new South Wing of the first passenger terminal building at Narita Airport on June 2 this year, joined by Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht, ANA President and CEO Mineo Yamamoto, United Airlines President, Chairman and CEO Glenn Tilton and representatives from Air Canada, Asiana Airlines, Thai Airways International and Scandinavia Airlines.

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Headline
Narita South Wing of the 1st PTB opens with Star Alliance together
Airport
*Centrair achieved net profit much earlier than the initial target
*Centrair resulted in 8% reduction of passengers for April
*Narita marked 7% increase of foreigner arrivals for April
*Kansai marked year-on-year growth of international flight passengers
Airline
*EVA Airways officially announces beginning of Centrair-Taipei flights
*Additional flights helped ADO increase revenue and profit for FY2005
*JTA enjoyed the highest operating revenue ever
*ANA still increased, but JAL still decreased domestic flight passengers
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What is patriotism?