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To commemorate the joint business between Japan Airlines (JAL) and American Airlines (American) that will begin from April 1, 2011, JALPAK worked with both airlines to develop the “Japan Airlines/American Airlines Joint Special Package Tour” – a series of outbound Japan tours to the United States combining the use of both airlines. Sales (in Japan-region only) will begin from February 17, 2011 at 2 pm (Japan standard time).

Departures from Japan must be between April 1, 2011 and September 30, 2011 inclusive, and must include at least one international segment on Japan Airlines and American Airlines each. The use of both airlines brings more flight choices to customers. For instance, customers visiting Chicago, New York and Los Angeles now have more than one flight a day to choose from as JAL and American both serve these destinations at timings spaced apart as a result of their closer coordination. Customers can also experience and enjoy the convenience of using the nearest international airport terminal to downtown Tokyo on both ways of their trip if they choose the tour of 2 cities – Las Vegas and New York. These tours utilize JAL’s flight from Haneda to San Francisco for connection to Las Vegas and then to New York on American. Then, on the return, customers can fly with American on the latest route which will be launched this weekend on February 18 from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Tokyo (Haneda).

Customers wanting to visit Walt Disney World in Orlando can now return to Japan via Dallas/Fort Worth on an American flight that departs at a later schedule, extending their time in Orlando. Special rates for these tours have been set to celebrate the airlines’ new joint business agreement which brings greater benefits to customers and business opportunities to the companies.

Japan Airlines/American Airlines Joint Special Package Tour

A comprehensive offering of JAL and American’s combined network
Choose any course and experience JAL and American’s in-flight services on a single roundtrip journey
Select tours include the option of using American’s latest Haneda = New York route which will begin on February 18 from New York and February 20, 2011 from Tokyo (Haneda).

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All Nippon Airways and　First Eastern Investment Group today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement to establish the first Japanese low cost airline. The new airline will operate both international and domestic short-haul routes out of Kansai International Airport, Osaka. The new airline will operate independently from ANA.

The new company will be established in the second half of 2010 with Japanese investors holding a 66.7% stake of which ANA will hold a 39% stake and First Eastern will hold the remaining 33.3% stake, the maximum foreign ownership currently allowed for an airline in Japan. The new company’s air transport operations are expected to commence in the second half of 2011.

Shinichiro Ito, President and CEO of ANA, said, “Under our corporate vision of becoming the number one airline group in Asia, ANA has been steadily working to substantially improve its network between Japan and Asia. Regardless of the intense competition in the air transportation industry, we anticipate an increase in passenger traffic demand in East Asia, and came to the conclusion that a low cost carrier would be the right approach to compete effectively in this market. We are pleased to partner with First Eastern and to work together to establish the first low cost carrier in Japan.”

Victor Chu, Chairman and CEO of First Eastern said, “I am delighted to invest alongside ANA to establish the first low cost carrier in Japan, especially as my family has had strong ties with Japan for over 50 years. First Eastern has been pioneering private equity investments from Hong Kong for over twenty years and we are confident that our unique regional expertise and networks will contribute significantly to the success of our new joint venture with ANA.”