THE WING NEWSLETTER

Japan's Aerospace and Aviation Weekly

January 29, 2007

ANA released the FY2007 business plan including new Narita-Mumbai flights

This Week Contents
Headline
ANA released the FY2007 business plan including new Narita-Mumbai flights
Airport
*Japanese departures from Narita in 2006 resulted in the highest-ever
*Narita decreased Japanese but increased foreigners in December 2006
*Kansai decreased both internationaland domestic flight passengers
Airline
*Japanese airlines are driving fleetrenovations for the future successes
*ANA carried 16.3% more international flight passengers in December 2006
*The first-ever direct charters willfly between Japan and Ukraine
Industry
*MHI plans to offer three versions of MJ70/90
Cockpit
Ripples by suspensions of local flights

January 22, 2007

JAL Group made an international flight plan for FY2007 to seek profitability

JAL Group announced an international flight plan for FY2007 on January 17, aiming at higher profitability and more effective management by concentrating its business resources on profitable routes. The business strategy is particularly found in increases of Narita-New York flights from 10 to 13 a week and Narita-Paris flights from 10 to 14 a week. Also, JAL will increase flightsservices for China, Russia, India and Vietnam.

This Week Contents
Headline
JAL Group made an international flight plan for FY2007 to seek profitability
Airline
*JAL officially announces to introduce the first class on domestic flights
*JEX will increase its fleet to 30 to 40 by FY2010
*Malev of Hungary to serve more direct charter flights for Budapest
Administration
*Both leaders agreed to realize Haneda-Hongqiao charter flights within this year
Airport
*Kansai passengers slightly decreased in December 2006
Industry
*Shimadzu to invest 1.7 billion yen to the aircraft equipment business
Cockpit
Commander LeMay of the Air Empire

January 15, 2007

ANA carried the most-ever international passengers during this New Year

ANA recently reported that it carried 164,864 passengers on its international flights during the New Year holiday season (December 28 2006 to January 8 2007), 12.5% more than the same period a year ago. It was the record-breaking result in the past New Year holiday seasons. ANA particularly increased passengers on its China flights by 28.9% to 48,245 during the period compared to a year ago. Also, the number of passengers on its North America flights was up 21.2% to 23,332 compared to a year ago.

This Week Contents
Headline
ANA carried the most-ever international passengers during this New Year
Airport
*Narita achieved the most-ever usersduring the New Year holiday season
*JAL and ANA increased New Year international flight passengers from Centrair
*Centrair increased international flight passengers in November 2006
*Hiroshima handled the most-ever international flight passengers in 2006
Airline
*JAL is to provide first class seatson domestic flights
*JAL will cut almost 3,000 jobs for next three years
*JAL air transport result for November 2006
Industry
*B747LCF took off Centrair with the first B787 components on board

January 9, 2007

JAL focuses on charter flight services from Haneda to Hawaii for local demands

JAL will offer a charter flight between Haneda Airport and Honolulu in this coming February, and all of seats are purchased by JAL PAK for a charter flight product. It is distinctive that additional airfare ina flight segment between a local city and Haneda is exempted in theproduct to collect more local travelers. JAL will focus on such charger flight services, in addition to direct charter flights betweenlocal cities and Hawaii, to supply available seats stably.

This Week Contents
Headline
JAL focuses on charter flight services from Haneda to Hawaii for local demands
Airline
*JAL and ANA CEOs made New Year speeches for businesses in 2007
*All of nine domestic airlines increased passengers in November 2006
*ANA will serve B737-700ER with only48 seats on Centrair-Guangzhou
*Skynet still faced financial difficulty with increase of net loss
Industry
*Nabtesco is selected as a supplier for B747-8 program
Defence
*A KC-767 hanger completes at KomakiAB
Airport
*Narita resulted in monthly record-high passengers and aircraft movements in November 2006
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