en-us Reuters) - The United States and Japan reached a landmark aviation agreement on Friday, a deal that eases barriers to passenger and cargo services and opens up the possibility for stronger alliances, officials said.The deal, reached after more than seven months of negotiations, is good news for...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:15:29 -0800 AMR DAL FDX UAUA AMR,DAL,FDX,UAUA Reuters) - Japan's government plans to guarantee about 700 billion yen ($7.7 billion) in loans and other funds provided by financial institutions to keep Japan Airlines Corp. afloat, the Nikkei business daily reported.The plan will be funded through an extra budget for the current fiscal year to next March,...]]> Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:46:43 -0800 AMR DAL AMR,DAL Reuters) - Japan's All Nippon Airways said it and fellow StarAlliance members United Airlines UAUA and Continental Airlines CAL plan to apply for antitrust immunity to allow closer cooperation on transpacific routes.The U.S. and Japan are expected to reach an "open skies" accord next week under which airlines...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:44 -0800 AMR CAL DAL UAUA AMR,CAL,DAL,UAUA Reuters) - Boeing Co BA is urging airlines to carry out a major retrofit on over 220 of its 777 jets in the light of a series of potentially dangerous incidents of overheating and chronic structural damage to engine parts, the Wall Street Journal reported.The Journal said Boeing's service bulletin...]]> Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:00:28 -0800 AMR BA DAL AMR,BA,DAL Reuters) - American Airlines AMR said it, Oneworld alliance members and private equity fund TPG would be willing to invest $1.1 billion in Japan Airlines to bolster the airline's finances and prevent it from defecting to a rival alliance.American Airlines said the total financial benefit to JAL would...]]> Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:15:21 -0800 AMR AMR Reuters) - The chief executive of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL says the SkyTeam alliance of global carriers would be willing to invest more than its proposed $1.02 billion in Japan Airlines , the Wall Street Journal reported.The final proposed investment into JAL by the nine-airline SkyTeam alliance...]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:30:19 -0800 AMR DAL AMR,DAL Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:39:27 -0800 AMR AMR Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:36:08 -0700 AMR AMR Fri, 18 Sep 2009 03:24:51 -0700 AMR AMR Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:32:53 -0700 AMR LUV AMR,LUV