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02.06.25 - 06:36
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JAL Opens Narita-Chicago Route (Nippon)
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Narita, Chiba Pref., June 2 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines opened a new route between Narita International Airport in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo, and Chicago on Saturday. The Japanese airline uses a Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with 244 seats on one round trip per day between Narita and Chicago. The launch came five years after JAL transferred its Chicago route to Tokyo's Haneda Airport from......
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30.05.25 - 05:24
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Japan Revises Aviation Law after 2024 Haneda Collision (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 30 (Jiji Press)--Japan's parliament Friday passed a bill to revise the civil aviation law to make communication skills training mandatory for all pilots operating at busy airports, including private and Japan Coast Guard aircraft. The revision, which will enter into force within three years, was drafted in response to a fatal accident in January last year in which Japan Airlines ......
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02.05.25 - 13:12
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ANA, JAL Enjoy Solid Annual Sales Growth (Nippon)
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Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)--Japanese airlines ANA Holdings Inc. and Japan Airlines posted solid sales growth for the year ended in March thanks to robust demand from foreign visitors to the country and outbound business passengers. ANA's sales climbed 10.0 pct from the previous year to a record high of 2,261.8 billion yen. JAL's sales grew 11.6 pct to 1,844 billion yen, their highest level si......
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10.04.25 - 10:06
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JAL to Start Commercial Flying Car Operations in 2027 (Nippon)
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Tokyo, April 10 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines plans to start commercial flying car operations in 2027, company officials said Wednesday. The Japanese airline will start test flights of unmanned flying cars in Osaka, a city in western Japan, in early 2026. JAL has abandoned its plan to conduct demonstration flights of flying cars at the World Exposition in Osaka, which starts Sunday. The co......
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28.03.25 - 11:54
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Kobayashi Pharma Promotes Toyoda to CEO (Nippon)
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Osaka, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday promoted executive officer Norikazu Toyoda to its president and CEO after shareholders approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including him. Yoshihito Ota, who helped turn around Japan Airlines, became chairman of the scandal-tainted Japanese drugmaker. The changes come as Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, b......
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28.03.25 - 09:06
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Kobayashi Pharma Shareholders Approve Board Nominees (Nippon)
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Osaka, March 28 (Jiji Press)--Shareholders of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. on Friday approved the company's proposed slate of 10 board nominees, including executive officer Norikazu Toyoda, who is set to become new president and CEO of the scandal-tainted Japanese company. The 10 also include Yoshihito Ota, who helped turn around Japan Airlines and will become chairman of the drugmaker. T......
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05.03.25 - 16:06
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Episode Six Achieves Strategic Fundraising from Japan Airlines (Business Wire)
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Investment reinforces strong collaboration with E6 to Drive JAL's financial services initiatives
AUSTIN, Texas & TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Episode Six (E6), a global provider of ledger and cards infrastructure, has secured a strategic investment from Japan Airlines (JAL), a longstanding customer of E6 since 2017. This investment allows JAL to contribute to E6's ongoing success while advancing its financial services initiatives, including JAL Pay, the core payments feature integrated into JAL's ecosystem, and expanding new offerings to serve JAL's approximately 30 million customers. The announcement was made during a signing ceremony at E6's Austin headquarters.
“We are proud of our enduring partnership with JAL, one of our earliest customers in Asia, and deeply appreciate the trust and investment they have placed in our solutions,” said John Mitchell, Co-Founder and CEO of E6. “We are excited to strengthen our collaboration with JAL, both as a most valued customer and our newest investor, as we c...
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03.03.25 - 12:01
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JAL Unveils Gundam Jet Ahead of Osaka Expo (Nippon)
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Tokyo, March 3 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines, or JAL, and Bandai Namco Holdings Inc. unveiled a passenger jet with a special livery based on the popular robot anime series "Gundam" at Tokyo's Haneda Airport on Monday, ahead of the April opening of the 2025 World Exposition in Osaka Prefecture, western Japan. The robot will appear on a screen at Bandai Namco's pavilion at the Osaka Expo. Th......
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26.02.25 - 13:36
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Japan Firms to Offer Drone Video-Shooting Services for Tourists (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Feb. 26 (Jiji Press)--JTB Corp. and two other Japanese companies said Wednesday that they will launch services employing drones to shoot videos of customers at tourist spots from the sky. The travel agency, drone business operator Fly and Japan Airlines expect their services to help spread the attractions of tourist spots. Drones will start video-recording after customers scan quic......
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06.02.25 - 01:30
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JAL Plane Wing Strikes Tail of Delta Jet at Airport in Seattle (Nippon)
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Silicon Valley, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--The right wing of a taxing Japan Airlines plane struck the tail of a parked Delta Air Lines jet at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in the U.S. state of Washington on Wednesday, the airport and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration said. No one was injured, according to the airport. Both planes were outside the air traffic control area. The FAA......
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05.02.25 - 01:18
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JAL′s Net Profit Rises 6 Pct in April-Dec. (Nippon)
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Tokyo, Feb. 5 (Jiji Press)--Japan Airlines, or JAL, saw its consolidated net profit in April-December 2024 increase 6.0 pct from a year earlier to 91 billion yen, thanks to brisk inbound travel demand and steady demand for domestic flight services. Revenue grew 10.9 pct to 1,385.9 billion yen, the highest April-December figure since JAL's stock relisting in 2012, according to the company's e......
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