JAL Group New Year Vacation Period Traffic Results.Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, Jan 9, 2007 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Japan Airlines Group announced the results for the Japanese "New Year" vacation period, from December 28, 2006 to January 8, 2007. The total number of passengers traveling on JAL JAL Jalisco (Mexican state) JAL Jalapa (Guatemala territorial division) JAL Jump And Link JAL Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. Group international and domestic passenger routes was marginally up on the same vacation period last year. Internationally, JAL recorded a large jump in the number of passengers traveling from Japan to China, up nearly 31% on the same period of the previous New Year. The airline also saw a moderate increase in the number of passengers traveling from Japan to Korea and Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, region of Asia (1990 est. pop. 442,500,000), c.1,740,000 sq mi (4,506,600 sq km), bounded roughly by the Indian subcontinent on the west, China on the north, and the Pacific Ocean on the east. : up respectively by 3.3%, and 5.6%. Overall international seat capacity was 3.7% down on the same period last year following network restructuring restructuring - The transformation from one representation form to another at the same relative abstraction level, while preserving the subject system's external behaviour (functionality and semantics). , notably on transpacific trans·pa·cif·ic adj. 1. Situated on or coming from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. 2. Spanning or crossing the Pacific Ocean. routes. The JAL Group operated an additional 100 flights, both scheduled and charter, to such resort destinations as Guam, Hawaii, Palau and Macau. JAL Group's average international seat load factor was 77.2%, up approximately 2 points on the same period last year. A total of 1,538,766 passengers traveled domestically within Japan on JAL Group airlines, nearly 1% up on last year. JAL Group operated an additional 44 flights to meet demand on popular domestic routes. Domestic Japan seat load factor was 66.2%, up around 2.1 points on the same period last year. Extreme weather conditions that affected Japan over the vacation period, including strong winds and heavy snowfalls, led to the cancellation of 152 flights on domestic routes and 27 flights on international routes. For complete details, please visit the JAL website at www.jal.com/en/press/0000801/801.html . About Japan Airlines Corporation The JAL Group (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 9201) is Japan's leading air transportation group, resulting from the integration of Japan Airlines and Japan Air System on October 2, 2002. On April 1, 2004 the Group was reorganized re·or·gan·ize v. re·or·gan·ized, re·or·gan·iz·ing, re·or·gan·iz·es v.tr. To organize again or anew. v.intr. To undergo or effect changes in organization. under a single "JAL/ Japan Airlines" brand, with Japan Airlines Domestic handling domestic passenger operations and Japan Airlines International responsible for international passenger and cargo operations. JAL International and JAL Domestic were integrated into one company in October 2006, now known as JAL International. Coordinating the group is Japan Airlines Corporation, a holding company. For more information, please visit www.jal.com. Source: Japan Airlines Corporation Contact: JAL Press Office Geoffrey Tudor (geoffrey.tudor@jal.com) Stephan Pearlman (stephen.pearlman@jal.com) Tel: 81-3-5460-3109 / Fax: 81-3-5460-3108 URL: www.jal.com/en/corporate/ Copyright [c] 2007 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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