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AIRLINES

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Oct 8, 2013
Airbus boss swooped in at right time for JAL
Three decades after he began his business career selling aluminum in Japan, Airbus Chief Executive Officer Fabrice Bregier tapped his experience of the country to land a $9.5 billion deal for a plane made of plastic.
BUSINESS / Companies
Jul 23, 2013
JAL will continue using ELTs in 787 fleet
After completing an inspection of the emergency locator transmitter beacons on its fleet of nine Dreamliners, Japan Airlines Co. said it will continue using them on the aircraft.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 16, 2013
U.K. mayor wants to close Heathrow
London Mayor Boris Johnson said he will submit plans to close the British capital's Heathrow Airport on the grounds that it's too noisy and replace it with a four-runway hub in one of three locations east or north of the city.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 10, 2013
Did Korean culture contribute to Asiana crash in San Francisco?
A comment Monday by the head of the National Transportation Safety Board sounded reasonable to the average ear, but for aviation crash experts there was an immediate connection to a remarkable 1999 crash of a Boeing 747 just after takeoff from London.
Japan Times
WORLD / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2013
Crisis: The final approach of Flight 214
The first major U.S. plane crash in a dozen years began to unfold in utterly undramatic fashion just before noon Saturday when a big white passenger jet with red, blue and yellow flashings banked to the right and began to descend toward the wide runways of San Francisco International Airport.
WORLD
Jul 7, 2013
Air fatalities a rarity since '01
San Francisco AFP-JIJI
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2013
Delta ups ante in battle for New York fliers with $1.4 billion terminal
Delta Air Lines Inc. sharpened the jockeying for the highest-paying passengers in New York, the biggest U.S. aviation market, as it opened a $1.4 billion terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Companies
Mar 20, 2013
Flush ANA looking to make deals in South Asia
All Nippon Airways Co., Japan's largest airline by sales, is looking for acquisitions and partnerships abroad, with an eye particularly on India and Thailand, after raising $1.8 billion in a share sale last year to expand.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Jun 18, 2012
Budget airline determined to give passengers their money's worth
Skymark Airlines wants customers to understand what it means to be a 'budget' airline.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
May 9, 2012
JAL builds a social media campaign, one block at a time
JAL taps into social media and gamificiation to promote its new Boston-Tokyo route.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Nov 20, 2011
Annals of cheap: Skymark Airlines
For a limited time Skymark Airlines is offering u00a5980 flights to several Japanese cities.
JAPAN / Media / Japan Pulse
Jun 17, 2011
Uniforms flying economy class
Newly launched budget airline Peach flies in a detour around frisky flight attendant uniforms and plays it straight with jeans for all cabin staff.
BUSINESS / YEN FOR LIVING
Mar 12, 2010
The road to nowhere leads to Ibaraki Airport
Rumors of a third airport in Tokyo have been greatly exaggerated. It's two hours away, in Ibaraki.
LIFE / Lifestyle / Japan Pulse
Mar 5, 2010
Japan by the numbers (03.05.10)
75% of Japanese housewives have bought their husbands clothes. Reading Japan by numbers, it's shocking what you might learn.
Why I chose Japanese citizenship over permanent residency
Jon Heese (second left) takes part in a 2024 New Year's nihonshu barrel opening ceremony.
Doctrine forms the core of Sanseito’s strategy, with some caveats
Crowds attend a Sanseito rally in the city of Saitama during the Upper House election.
Former PM Tomiichi Murayama dies at age 101
Former Prime Minister Tomiichi Murayama speaks during an interview in Tokyo in March 2007.
LDP and Nippon Ishin fine-tuning deal to form coalition
Liberal Democratic Party head Sanae Takaichi (second from right) and Nippon Ishin no Kai co-leader Fumitake Fujita (second from left) meet in Tokyo on Thursday.
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
What you need to see at this year's Tokyo film festival
Chloe Zhao’s "Hamnet"
As they wrestle for power, Japan’s political parties must remember their base
Rengo's head Tomoko Yoshino speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Oct. 8.
Sumo is about to hit London and the West with a force previously unseen
Preparations advance on Monday for the Grand Sumo Tournament at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Number of scenarios now on the table for who might be Japan’s next prime minister
Newly-elected leader of Japan's Liberal Democratic Party Sanae Takaichi (right) celebrates with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba after winning the LDP leadership election in Tokyo on October 4.
Pace eyes great strides for Japan’s art market
Pace Japan Vice President Kyoko Hattori, the de facto head of the nation’s business, believes a larger, more lucrative art market will allow Japan to be more attractive for collectors.

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