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• JAL labour dispute grounds 7,000 passengers: airline

  - 2008-06-18

  TOKYO AFP — Some 7,000 passengers were grounded Thursday in labour disputes between the Japan Airlines group and its pilots, company officials said. Pilots went on strike at Japan Airlines JAL, Asia's largest carrier, which cancelled 34 domestic flights, about five percent of its total. Some 5,000 passengers were...

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• Japan Airlines net profit twice as big as expected

  - 2008-05-02

  TOKYO AFP — Japan Airlines said Friday its annual net profit was more than twice as large as expected after cost cuts helped Asia's largest carrier return to the black after two years of losses. JAL also announced a plan to sell almost half of its credit card firm...

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• Airline Finance News - Asia / Pacific

  - 2008-04-21

  Apr 21, 2008 Chinese airlines are increasingly involved in conflicts with their pilots, who are eagerly poached by private airlines such as budget carrier Spring Airlines as the industry grapples with a pilot shortage and an air travel boom. Many big carriers demand sizeable payments from pilots who seek...

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• Japan Airlines pleads guilty in US price-fixing case

  - 2008-04-16

  WASHINGTON AFP — Japan Airlines International JAL has agreed to plead guilty and pay a 110 million dollar criminal fine for its role in a price-fixing scandal tied to air cargo shipments, the US Justice Department announced Wednesday. JAL's admission of criminal wrongdoing comes after the Justice Department reached...

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• Japan Airlines says first-half profits up almost 500 percent

  - 2007-11-06

  TOKYO AFP — Japan Airlines, Asia's largest carrier, said Tuesday that its first-half net profits soared almost five-fold, helped by restructuring measures and higher revenue on overseas routes. Operating profits meanwhile surged almost seven-fold despite a slight drop in revenue, prompting JAL to raise its full-year target. Net...

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• JAL to book 171 million dollars in possible fines

  - 2007-10-06

  TOKYO AFP — Asia's largest carrier Japan Airlines is preparing to book a loss of about 20 billion yen (171 million dollars) in possible fines by US authorities, a report said Saturday. The company is looking to officially announce the decision in November after discussing the matter with auditors,...

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• Japan Airlines warns of full-year loss

  - 2007-05-02

  TOKYO AFP — Japan Airlines Corp. said Wednesday that it made a net loss of about 16.2 billion yen (135 million dollars) in the year to March, missing its earlier prediction of a return to profit. Previously JAL, Asia's largest carrier, had forecast net earnings of three billion yen....

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• Japan Airlines mulls cutting 3,000 more jobs

  - 2007-01-10

  TOKYO AFP — Japan Airlines has said it was considering 3,000 more job cuts over three years on top of the 6,000 already announced, in a renewed effort to improve its profitability. "There is a plan which is under study to reduce 3,000 ground staff between fiscal year 2007 and...

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• Japan Airlines falls deep into red as fuel costs soar

  - 2006-05-10

  TOKYO AFP — Japan Airlines Corp, Asia's largest carrier, has said that high fuel costs and a series of safety lapses pushed it deep into loss in the year to March but forecast a return to profit this year. JAL made a net loss of 47.2 billion yen (424.5...

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• Business travel

  - 2006-04-17

  SkyTeam member: Aeroflot, the Russia-based airline, has joined SkyTeam. The addition of Aeroflot brings the number of carriers to the global airline alliance to 10. Code sharing: Japan Airlines and Hainan Airlines now share codes on daily, round-trip flights between Beijing and Kunming and Xian, China. Added flights:...

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