BA and JAL filed for ATI application
Feb 8, 2012, 1:18 am
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BA and JAL filed for ATI application
Nothing on BA/IAG website yet but JAL has issued a press release (http://press.jal.co.jp/en/release/201202/002023.html). They have filed for the ATI application with the authorities in Japan and Europe today and are intended to form a joint business venture between Japan and Europe
Feb 8, 2012, 2:16 am
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Doesn't look like it, but it would be good if this extended to JAL flights to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific. I've done the trip to Oz via Japan 3 times on JAL, when they had direct flights to Brisbane, and generally liked the timings of the flights. Stopped off in Tokyo a few times too which I'd prefer to go back to than other Asian stop overs. Amazing city and culture.
Feb 8, 2012, 2:47 am
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Doesn't look like it, but it would be good if this extended to JAL flights to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific. I've done the trip to Oz via Japan 3 times on JAL, when they had direct flights to Brisbane, and generally liked the timings of the flights. Stopped off in Tokyo a few times too which I'd prefer to go back to than other Asian stop overs. Amazing city and culture.
Feb 8, 2012, 4:10 pm
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Feb 8, 2012, 4:41 pm
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This should be fun, with all the AA folks here and the JAL folks too, just dont mention the war!
Feb 8, 2012, 4:44 pm
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Feb 8, 2012, 4:46 pm
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Feb 8, 2012, 6:47 pm
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Doesn't look like it, but it would be good if this extended to JAL flights to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific. I've done the trip to Oz via Japan 3 times on JAL, when they had direct flights to Brisbane, and generally liked the timings of the flights. Stopped off in Tokyo a few times too which I'd prefer to go back to than other Asian stop overs. Amazing city and culture.
Hey if you want Unagi, you should do that in Japan instead, it comes with complimentary radiation
Feb 9, 2012, 3:38 am
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Unagi amongst other things !Will be on JAL in May..looking forward to it a lot as a 'mini-Japan-fix' !
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Feb 15, 2012, 8:55 am
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For those who want to avoid transfering at LHR
Helsinki - the Gateway between Japan and Europe
JAL will also open its first new service between Japan and Europe in 20 years, when it begins to operate four weekly
flights from March 2013, using the 787-8 Dreamliner connecting Narita and Helsinki
Helsinki Airport’s compact and well-designed terminal allows for minimum connection time as short as 35 to 40 minutes, and offers customers
smooth connections to and from 54 cities within Europe.
JAL is planning timetables so that flights arriving in the afternoon in Helsinki will have optimal transfers to Finnair’s onward European connections.
http://press.jal.co.jp/en/bw_uploads...0HEL_FINAL.pdf
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsP...490852&lang=en
Helsinki - the Gateway between Japan and Europe
JAL will also open its first new service between Japan and Europe in 20 years, when it begins to operate four weekly
flights from March 2013, using the 787-8 Dreamliner connecting Narita and Helsinki
Helsinki Airport’s compact and well-designed terminal allows for minimum connection time as short as 35 to 40 minutes, and offers customers
smooth connections to and from 54 cities within Europe.
JAL is planning timetables so that flights arriving in the afternoon in Helsinki will have optimal transfers to Finnair’s onward European connections.
http://press.jal.co.jp/en/bw_uploads...0HEL_FINAL.pdf
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsP...490852&lang=en
Feb 15, 2012, 10:18 am
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For those who want to avoid transfering at LHR
Helsinki - the Gateway between Japan and Europe
JAL will also open its first new service between Japan and Europe in 20 years, when it begins to operate four weekly
flights from March 2013, using the 787-8 Dreamliner connecting Narita and Helsinki
Helsinki Airport’s compact and well-designed terminal allows for minimum connection time as short as 35 to 40 minutes, and offers customers
smooth connections to and from 54 cities within Europe.
JAL is planning timetables so that flights arriving in the afternoon in Helsinki will have optimal transfers to Finnair’s onward European connections.
http://press.jal.co.jp/en/bw_uploads...0HEL_FINAL.pdf
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsP...490852&lang=en
Helsinki - the Gateway between Japan and Europe
JAL will also open its first new service between Japan and Europe in 20 years, when it begins to operate four weekly
flights from March 2013, using the 787-8 Dreamliner connecting Narita and Helsinki
Helsinki Airport’s compact and well-designed terminal allows for minimum connection time as short as 35 to 40 minutes, and offers customers
smooth connections to and from 54 cities within Europe.
JAL is planning timetables so that flights arriving in the afternoon in Helsinki will have optimal transfers to Finnair’s onward European connections.
http://press.jal.co.jp/en/bw_uploads...0HEL_FINAL.pdf
https://newsclient.omxgroup.com/cdsP...490852&lang=en
HEL is a very quick connection.
The real winner on this deal, must be AY who gets all the connecting pax... Good for them!
Mar 1, 2012, 5:03 pm
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Does anyone know roughly what benefits this will bring? The article mentions similarities with the AA alliance.
I'm personally hoping for two things - upgrade with BA miles on JAL metal, and also codeshares between London and Tokyo.
I want to be able to connect in narita for sapporo but the BA flight has terrible connection times with JAL. A codeshare would be perfect so I can do JAL on the way out and BA on the return.
Any ideas how long these sort of agreements take to setup?
I'm personally hoping for two things - upgrade with BA miles on JAL metal, and also codeshares between London and Tokyo.
I want to be able to connect in narita for sapporo but the BA flight has terrible connection times with JAL. A codeshare would be perfect so I can do JAL on the way out and BA on the return.
Any ideas how long these sort of agreements take to setup?
Mar 2, 2012, 3:45 am
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Does anyone know roughly what benefits this will bring? The article mentions similarities with the AA alliance.
I'm personally hoping for two things - upgrade with BA miles on JAL metal, and also codeshares between London and Tokyo.
I want to be able to connect in narita for sapporo but the BA flight has terrible connection times with JAL. A codeshare would be perfect so I can do JAL on the way out and BA on the return.
Any ideas how long these sort of agreements take to setup?
I'm personally hoping for two things - upgrade with BA miles on JAL metal, and also codeshares between London and Tokyo.
I want to be able to connect in narita for sapporo but the BA flight has terrible connection times with JAL. A codeshare would be perfect so I can do JAL on the way out and BA on the return.
Any ideas how long these sort of agreements take to setup?
Obvious areas are co-ordination of schedules, code-sharing and joint-marketing etc, as per the AA and QF joint businesses.
We might see routes to destinations in Japan other than Tokyo but this is likely be more of a longer term prospect.