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2004-09 - 0211.PDF
Directory: world airlines 4-10-2 Kannonshinmachi, Nishi-Ku, Hiroshima, 733 0036, Japan Tel +81 82 234 6168 Fax +81 82 296 2443 Services Scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%) Date established 1991 Date operations started April 2001 Description Operates domestic scheduled feeder services for Japan Airlines Domestic over 10 routes. Executives President Tetsuya Hosokawa Executive Vice-President Fumitaka Takeda Fleet 6 x Bombardier CRJ200ER JAL EXPRESS (JC1 (JEX) 4-11 Higashi-Shinagawa, 2-chome, Sinagawa-ku, 1040, Tokyo, Japan Tel +81 6 6857 7378 Fax +81 6 6857 7384 Services Regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%) Date established 1 April 1997 Date operations started 1 July 1998 Description Operates low-cost domestic services. History Began services with a twice daily flight from Osaka to Miyazaki and Kagoshima. Fleet 6 x Boeing 737-400 Destinations domestic scheduled) Fukuoka, Hakodate, Matsuyama, Nagoya, Oita, Okayama, Okinawa, Osaka, Sapporo, Sendai, Tokyo JAL Building 18F, 4-11, Higashi-Shinagawa 2 chome, Shinagawa-Ku, Tokyo, 140-8647, Japan Tel +81 3 5460 6830 Fax +81 3 5460 6839 Sita TYOGZJO Website www.jalways.co.jp Services Scheduled, charter, international, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines (100%) Date established 5 October 1990 Date operations started July 1991 Description Provides scheduled flights from Japan to Hawaii and Thailand, together with international scheduled flights for Japan Airlines on a wet-lease basis. JALways' scheduled flights will expand to other Pacific resorts and to South-East Asia. History Originally established as a charter airline under the name of Japan Air Charter. It built a sound foundation as a leas ing partner for Japan Airlines. On October 1 1999 it was given its current name and became Japan's newest international sched uled airline company. Executives Chairman Jiro Sagara President and Chief Executive Yukio Ohtani Managing Director Takeshi Irie Managing Director Takeshi Katsu Senior Executive VP Katsumi Chiyo Managing Director and Senior VP Katsuhiko Irie Managing Director and Senior VP Kozo Nakabayashi Managing Director and Senior VP Hiroaki Yano Director Administration Satoshi Sayama Fleet 2 x Boeing 747-300 1 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 Main base Bangkok International (BKK), Honolulu International (HNL), Tokyo Narita International (NRT) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, Tokyo Destinations (international scheduled) Bangkok, Guam, Honolulu, Kona JAPAN AIR COMMUTER [3X1 (JAC) 787-4 Fumoto, Mizobe-cho, Aira-gun, Kagoshima, 899-6495, Japan Tel +81 995 58 2151 Fax +81 995 58 3904 Email info@jac.co.jp Website www.jac.co.jp Services Scheduled, regional, domestic, passenger Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines Domestic (60%), 14 municipalities of Amami Islands in Kagoshima (40%) Alliances Japan Airlines Domestic Date established 1 July 1983 Date operations started 1983 Description Provides feeder services in support of Japan Airlines Domestic. Executives President Masayuki Abe Senior VP Norio Hattori Fleet 3 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 9xNAMCYS-11A-500 10xSaab340B Orders 2 x Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 Main base Kagoshima (KOJ) Hubs Fukuoka International (FUK), Osaka Itami (ITM), Amami O Shi ma (ASJ) Destinations (domestic scheduled) Amami O Shima, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Izumo, Kagoshima, Kikaiga Shima, Kochi, Matsumoto, Matsuyama, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Okayama, Oki Island, Okino Erabu, Osaka, Takamatsu, Tanegashima, Tokunoshima, Tokushima, Toyooka, Yakushima, Yoronjima •MJ-l'MMIKUH tJLl (JAL) The JAL Building, Higashi Shinagawa 2-4-11, Shinaga-ku, Tokyo, 140-8637, Japan Tel +81 3 5460 3121 Fax +81 3 5460 3936 Sita TYOXTJL Website www.jal.co.jp Services Scheduled, charter, international, regional, domestic, passenger and cargo Parent organisation/shareholders Japan Airlines System Corporation (100%), Mizhou Corporate Bank (4.6%), Tokyu Corporation (4.17%), Eitaro Itoyama (3.63%), The Tokyo Marine and Fire Insurance (2.72%), Nissay Dowa General Insurance (2.33%) Airline subsidiaries/shareholdings J-Air (100%) JAL Express (100%), JALways (100%), Japan Asia Airways (100%) Japan TransOcean Air 51.1 %) Alliances Aeromexico, Air France, Air New Zealand, Air Tahiti Nui, Alitalia, American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, China Eastern Airlines, China Southern Airlines, Emirates, Iberia Airlines, Japan Airlines Domestic, Lufthansa, Qantas Airways, Singapore Airlines, Swiss, Thai Airways, THY Turkish Airlines, Vietnam Airlines Date established 1 August 1951 Date operations started 1 August 1953 Description Japan's biggest international airline, operating scheduled and non-scheduled services. Also operates a large domestic network. History Formed as a private company, but reorganised in 1953 with 50% of the capital from the Japanese government and 50% from private sources. Began transpacific services to San Francisco on 17 January 1954, and a joint service with Air France over the North Pole to Paris in April 1960. In November 1987, JAL again became a private company, with the government sell ing off its then 34.5% holding. The airline is in the process of merging with Japan Air System (JAS), which is expected to be completed by April 2004. Employees total 16,184 Executives Chairman Isao Kaneko Executive VP Cargo Business Takashi Masuko President & Chief Executive Katsuo Haneda Executive Officer Operations & Customer ServicesSeiji Masutani Senior MD Engineering & Maintenance Norio Ogo Senior Vice-President Hajime Kato Senior VP Cargo & Mail Juntaro Shimizu Senior VP Domestic Passenger Toshio Yoshida Senior VP General Affairs Susumu Kasuya Senior VP International Passenger Katsumi Chiyo Senior VP Operations & Customer Service Michio Okude Senior VP Operations & Customer Services Katsuyuki Arai Fleet 2 x Boeing 737^00 3 x Boeing 747-100B 5 x Boeing 747-200B 10 x Boeing 747-200F 11 x Boeing 747-300 34 x Boeing 747-400 8 x Boeing 747-400 Domestic 3 x Boeing 767-200 19 x Boeing 767-300 7 x Boeing 767-300ER 6 x Boeing 777-200 6 x Boeing 777-200ER 7 x Boeing 777-300 3 x Boeing MD-11 10 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10^0 Orders 3 x Boeing 747-400 2 x Boeing 747-400F 8 x Boeing 767-300ER 1 x Boeing 777-200 5 x Boeing 777-200ER 1 x Boeing 777-300 8 x Boeing 777-300ER Main base Tokyo Narita International (NRT), Tokyo International (HND) Destinations (international scheduled) Amsterdam, Anchorage, Atlanta, Bangkok, Beijing, Brisbane, Busan, Cairns, Chicago, Dalian, Delhi, Denpasar Bali, Fairbanks, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Guam, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kona, Kuala Lumpur, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Manila, Melbourne, Mexico City, Milan, Moscow, New York, Paris, Qingdao, Rome, Saipan, San Francisco, Sao Paulo, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Tianjin, Vancouver, Xi An, Xiamen, Zurich Japan Air Commuter operates an all-turboprop fleet comprising three Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s www.flightinternational.com FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 23-29 MARCH 2004 89
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