JAL's passengers to Indonesia rising<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Japan Airlines' (JAL) Tokyo-Jakarta route has
\ngrown steadily since it began in May 1962.<\/p>\n
JAL's president and regional manager for Indonesia, Yuho
\nKonno, said yesterday JAL carried 195,533 passengers to Jakarta
\nbetween April, 1996 and February, 1997 -- up 29.8 percent on the
\nprevious corresponding period.<\/p>\n
"We have improved our services and are always ready to compete
\nwith other airlines in Asia," he said at the commemoration of
\nJAL's 35th anniversary in serving Indonesia.<\/p>\n
Japan is Indonesia's second biggest tourist market after
\nSingapore.<\/p>\n
Last year, 5.03 million foreign tourists visited Indonesia, of
\nwhich 1.19 million were Singaporean and 638,287 Japanese.<\/p>\n
Between April, 1996 and February 1997, 674,648 Japanese
\nvisited Indonesia, up 33.9 percent.<\/p>\n
JAL, set up in 1952, opened its Jakarta office on May 15,
\n1962. JAL made its first landing at Kemayoran airport on July
\n16, 1972.<\/p>\n
The carrier served Tokyo-Jakarta via Singapore, Bangkok and
\nHong Kong three times a week until April 1970. JAL began daily
\nflights to Indonesia in 1991.<\/p>\n
Currently, JAL serves Tokyo-Denpasar via Jakarta seven times a
\nweek with Boeing B-747-200s and B-747-300s.<\/p>\n
In an effort to improve and expand its Indonesian services,
\nJAL has assigned its subsidiary, Japan Asia Airlines (JAA), to
\nserve its Osaka-Jakarta-Denpasar-Jakarta route.<\/p>\n
Last month JAA began daily flights linking Osaka, Jakarta and
\nDenpasar with DC-10s.<\/p>\n
JAL competes with Indonesia's national carrier Garuda
\nIndonesia which flies to Tokyo daily with B-747-300s and to
\nNagoya, Osaka and Fukuoka three times a week with Airbus A-330s.<\/p>\n
The United States' Northwest Airlines has postponed its
\nplanned three-times-a-week Osaka-Jakarta service because of a
\ndispute between the U.S. and Japan.<\/p>\n
Northwest planned to start a Seattle-Osaka-Jakarta route last
\nJuly.<\/p>\n
Another U.S. carrier, has also delayed a planned San
\nFrancisco-Osaka-Jakarta service three times a week because Japan
\ndenied it intra-Asian traffic rights.<\/p>\n
Konno said leading Asian airlines were now competing fiercely
\nin the Asia-Pacific.<\/p>\n
He said JAL expected to gain at least a third of the traffic
\nin the rapidly growing Asia-Pacific market.<\/p>\n
"Creating alliances with other airlines is necessary for any
\nairline to meet the demand and remain competitive in the market,"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
JAL serves 39 cities internationally and 21 destinations in
\nJapan. JAL has several subsidiaries including JAA and Japan
\nTransocean Air.<\/p>\n
Besides air transport, JAL has other travel-related businesses
\nin Indonesia.<\/p>\n
JAL has a stake in PT Wisma Nusantara International, which
\nowns Wisma Nusantara office building and Jakarta's four-star
\nPresident Hotel.<\/p>\n
Wisma Nusantara which is also owned by Japan's Mitsui, the
\nMinistry of Finance and PT Indosemen Tunggal Perkasa, will build
\ntwo towers later this year. One of the towers will have a 300-
\nroom hotel.<\/p>\n
JAL Hotels Company Ltd, a JAL subsidiary, manages the 315-room
\nPresident Hotel and Bali's new five-star Nikko Hotel.<\/p>\n
JAL also has 80 percent of PT Pantara Wisata Jaya, which runs
\nmarine resorts on three small islands in the Seribu Islands.
\n(icn)<\/p>",
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