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Saturday, September 22, 2012

JAL may add Southeast Asia routes

45 Dreamliners JAL ordered are central to its plans to boost international capacity 25 per cent over five years

Japan Airlines Co (JAL) may add more flights to Southeast Asia using on-order Boeing 787s as it turns its attention back to expansion following a trip through bankruptcy and a state-backed turnaround.

“We’ve totally restructured and we’ve changed our mentality,” President Yoshiharu Ueki said in an interview in Tokyo, ahead of JAL’s return to the city’s stock exchange on Wednesday. “That will allow us to keep on making profits.”
The carrier is assessing Southeast Asian destinations without direct flights to Japan as the fuel-efficient 787s will let it operate routes that aren’t economically viable with larger planes, Ueki said, without naming specific cities. Tokyo- based JAL is also using 787s to add US and European routes as it contends with a shrinking population and new competition from low-cost carriers at home.
“We’re focusing on premium customers and specifically on medium to long-haul routes for growth,” Ueki said on September 14.

Japan Airlines Co (JAL) may add more flights to Southeast Asia using on-order Boeing 787s as it turns its attention back to expansion following a trip through bankruptcy and a state-backed turnaround.

“We’ve totally restructured and we’ve changed our mentality,” President Yoshiharu Ueki said in an interview in Tokyo, ahead of JAL’s return to the city’s stock exchange on Wednesday. “That will allow us to keep on making profits.”
The carrier is assessing Southeast Asian destinations without direct flights to Japan as the fuel-efficient 787s will let it operate routes that aren’t economically viable with larger planes, Ueki said, without naming specific cities. Tokyo- based JAL is also using 787s to add US and European routes as it contends with a shrinking population and new competition from low-cost carriers at home.
“We’re focusing on premium customers and specifically on medium to long-haul routes for growth,” Ueki said on September 14.

source: http://gulfnews.com 

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