SIA, JAL plan joint services

SIA, JAL plan joint services

SINGAPORE (Dow Jones): National carrier Singapore Airlines
Ltd. (SIA) said Thursday it will launch a joint thrice-weekly
freighter service with Japan Airlines (JAL) between Singapore and
Tokyo.

The service is subjected to approval from Japanese authorities
and will begin April 9. It will ship commodities such as seafood
and chilled meat from Singapore, Australia, Indonesia and New
Zealand.

The freighter service will depart from Singapore Tuesday,
Wednesday and Friday, while the freighter service will depart
from Tokyo every Monday, Tuesday and Friday.

Singapore Airlines will operate the Friday services.
The Singapore carrier will operate a B747-400 Mega Ark freighter
and Japan Airlines will utilize a B747-200 freighter.