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TOKYO September 7, 2009 – ANA today applied to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to revise its surcharge on international cargo shipments from October 1, 2009.

The cargo fuel surcharge is fixed for one month and revised on the basis of the average price of jet fuel for the month immediately preceding the announcement of the next revision, if any. The next surcharge will thus be set according to the average price of jet fuel for the month of August – as reported by the US Department of Energy – and come into effect on October 1. As jet fuel averaged of US$78.8 per barrel in that month, the surcharge will be fixed in accordance with the chart below.

ANA regrets that it must continue to ask its valued customers to share the burden of fuel costs, in spite of its own ongoing efforts to control costs and increase revenues.

Revised fuel surcharge for international cargo (yen/ kilo) from October 1, 2009*

*subject to approval by the relevant government authorities and to change without notice

Conditions for Revision (and Removal) of the Surcharge

The next revision to the cargo Fuel Surcharge, if any, will take effect on November 1, based on the average price of Singapore kerosene for the month of September, and will be announced in October.

If the monthly average cost of Singapore kerosene falls below US$30 per barrel, the fuel surcharge will be removed altogether.

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The JAL Group has requested for approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to reinstate the placement of fuel surcharge on all international passenger tickets issued from October 1, 2009.

The fuel surcharge for international tickets issued between July 1, 2009 and September 30, 2009 was removed when the average price of Singapore kerosene from February to April, 2009 fell below the US$60.00 per barrel benchmark at US$55.08 per barrel. Based on the average US$71.41 per barrel of Singapore kerosene in the 3-month period of May to July, 2009, JAL decided to resume charging fuel surcharge for international tickets issued within the 3 months starting October 1 to December 31, 2009.

With reference to the fuel surcharge benchmark list for FY2009 (see below), the average price of US$71.41 per barrel of Singapore kerosene corresponds to level B fuel surcharges which range from 300 yen on a Japan – Korea ticket to 10,000 yen on a Japan- Brazil ticket per person per sector flown, on tickets purchased in Japan.

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