Japan Airlines : JL : JAL

JAL retire ses derniers B 747 classics du service. Ce sont des 747-300 qui étaient encore au nombre de 11

22 B747-400 et 9 B747-400D ( short haul ) sont toujours à l'inventaire.

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The JAL Group’s last “Classic Jumbo Jet” is scheduled to take to the skies on July 30 on its final flight, ending an era of the Boeing 747 Classic type of aircraft in the company’s fleet.

The 747-300, operated by a 3-man flight crew, will fly from Honolulu to Tokyo (Narita) and thereafter retire after 26 years of reliable service to the airline group.....

JAL s'enfonce dans les pertes d'exploitation.

Sur Airwise :

Japan Airlines plans to terminate two international routes and to cut the number of flights on another eight at the end of October in response to falling demand, the Nikkei business daily reported on Friday.

The airline will also cut the number of flights on six domestic routes, the paper said, adding these routes are money-losing services that have been flying with only 40-60 percent of their seats filled.

The firm is likely to cut more flights by the end of this financial year ending in March, the paper said.

The company is expected to report an operating loss of about JPY90 billion yen (USD$943.4 million) in the first quarter ended in June, the Nikkei said.

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Info spot sur la période vacances haute fréquence de JAL

Pas terrible

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Japan Airlines Group announced its international and domestic passenger traffic results for the Japanese summer vacation period that stretched from August 7 to August 16 this year.
The international passenger traffic on JAL Group flights during the 10-day period is 347,209, down by 4.5% on the same period last year. However, the number of passengers that departed Japan for China, Guam and Europe in particular, showed an improvement of 31.1%, 3.1% and 1.4% respectively when compared to the same period last year.

Merci pour les posts ci-dessus.

On dirait que JAL cherche même à faire un "transfer -out" de certains de ses ¨coûts" !
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DATE:21/08/09. SOURCE:Air Transport Intelligence news
JAL studies merging cargo business with Nippon Cargo Airlines
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Japan Airlines (JAL) and Nippon Yusen Kaisha have begun negotiations with a view to merging their cargo business in 2010.Japan Airlines International (JALI), a subsidiary of JAL, and Nippon Yusen Kaisha subsidiary Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA) could will work towards the "restructuring of their cargo business " and examine a "potential merger" due to the ongoing economic crisis, say the airlines.
"Following the collapse of the economy in the United States last autumn, the financial crisis that spread worldwide caused demand for air cargo transport to fall drastically and market situations to worsen," adds JAL.
"Through a major restructuring of the cargo business, and by combining the strengths of the two largest cargo operators in Japan to form the biggest solitary Japanese cargo transport provider, JALI and NCA foresee being able to secure profitability and raise the value of both companies."

Clairement, la récession a dû motfre tellment au Japon que les duex Cie. de Cargo doivent avoir du mal à dontribuer même raosonnablment à leurs "bases-coûts" respectives ! La JAL ne peut absolument pas supporter, dans deux "businesses" différents, deux couches (séparées) épaisses de frais incompressibles (dans la structure actuelle de ses opérations).
Mieux vaudrait transférer les coûts fixes et variables dans une autre entité, ou l'autre acteur / partenaire futur potential, soit Nippon Yusen Kaisha, pourrait rationaliser les coûts de son business, en profitant des possibilités d'économies d'échelle qui s'ouvriraient, s'il devait bénéficier de l'apport des activités "cargo" de JAL !

Both JALI and NCA began code-sharing flights in March, a move that expanded their network and increased the "quality of service and convenience provided to the customers".

C'est ce qu'on dit !

"Further consolidation is expected to bring about more benefits such as allowing both companies to significantly reduce cost, and to fortify their technical expertise through shared-knowledge in the areas of cargo handling," says JAL.

Ceci confirme ma remarque ci-dessus.

This would "improve the competitiveness of Japan's air cargo transport provider in the international arena, which in turn is anticipated to greatly support various industries in Japan," it adds.

Oui, ... il y a an aspect "macro-economique" à ne pas négliger !

The companies will begin talks with the relevant authorities to explore the merger with greater depth. They aim to start operating with a new business structure by 1 April 2010.

Il y a urgence !

Réorganisation chez JAL.

Sur Transport weekly :

The Japan Airlines Group (JAL) announced today that the new corporate organization structure, which aims to improve passenger experience, consolidate intermediary functions in order to improve productivity of the Group's business practices, and to increase efficiency and competitiveness, will take effect from October 1, 2009.

A brand new Customer Experience Division has been established to centralize the planning-functions involving the hardware, software and human-relation aspects of customer satisfaction.
This division will lead the coordination between Passenger Marketing, Airport, and Cabin Attendants divisions, managing the analysis, planning, implementation and feedback stages in the process of maintaining and improving all aspects of customer service.
It will set the basic policies and strategies in maximizing JAL's value to customers, and coordinate closely with the Corporate Safety Division to forge a strong foundation for safe operations and customer satisfaction - the highest
priorities of the JAL Group.

The restructure has also streamlined numerous intermediary functions within the organization in order to speed up decision-making processes that will strengthen the Group's overall efficiency, as well as to minimize the backend
and overhead costs which is a measure in line with JAL's cost-reduction plans.

Reorganizations were made to the Corporate Planning, Passenger Marketing, Cargo & Mail, Flight Operations, Engineering, Airports and Human Resource divisions,
as well as the general administrative departments within each division.
Subsequently, the number of function groups within the Company will be reduced by almost 25 percent.

In the continuous pursuit of higher efficiency and improvement in operational skills through shared-knowledge, the reorganization includes a merger of three of the Group's 100%-owned subsidiaries that provide airport-related services -
JAL Sky Services Co., Ltd, JALSky Tokyo Co., Ltd and JALWave Co., Ltd, forming the new company, JAL Sky Co., Ltd. This is in addition to the announced merger of JAL's 4 aircraft-maintenance companies that will result in the new JAL
Engineering Co., Ltd slated to start operations from October 2009.

Another amalgamation of the 100% JAL-owned travel-related subsidiaries JALPAK Co., Ltd, JAL Sales Co., Ltd, JAL Sales Western Japan Co., Ltd, JAL Sales Kyushu Co., Ltd, and JAL Sales Hokkaido Co., Ltd. is aimed at strengthening the Group's overall travel sales and planning capabilities.

With the clear objective of improving profitability and securing sustainable growth in the future, the JAL Group will continue reviewing its business model and implement necessary changes that will strengthen and rebuild its business
foundations.


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Dans le numéro de cette semaine de Air et Cosmos (2184 du 4/09/2009) un article sur les doutes de Japan Airlines qui vit une véritable descente aux enfers.

Je cite juste deux phrases :

JAL est-elle en train de se suicider ? A force de de réduire la taille de ses avions; l'etendue de son réseau, la fréquence de ses vols et de ne sélectionner que les passagers censés être lucratifs, voyageant en classe moyenne et supérieure, elle peut certes afficher de bon taux de remplissage et une certaine rentabilité quand tout va bien, mais en période de récession, quand la clientèle d'affaires fait défaut, son modèle se casse la figure

Delta investirait dans JAL et en deviendrait le plus gros actionnaire.

Delta Air Lines ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]), the world's biggest carrier, is in talks to invest in struggling Japan Airlines Corp (JAL) ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) and become its top shareholder, Japanese media said on Friday.
Public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo news said Delta was in talks to invest several tens of billions of yen (several hundred million dollars) in JAL, Asia's largest airline by revenue, as part of a business alliance.
"I can't verify what has been reported by NHK and can't comment further at this time," said a JAL spokeswoman.
JAL is headed for its second straight loss this business year and is restructuring under state supervision after receiving a 100 billion yen credit line backed by the government.
JAL and Delta are also talking about code-sharing on international flights, Kyodo and NHK said.
JAL reported a 50.9 billion yen operating loss for the year to March 2009 and has forecast a 59 billion yen loss for the current year, as it struggles to control costs and suffers along with other airlines due to a slump in global travel.

En conséquence cela augmenterait la surface de SkyTeam et midifierait les alliances.

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Confirmation en français sur Aerocontact.

Delta Air Lines , la première compagnie aérienne mondiale, discute d'une entrée au capital de Japan Airlines en vue d'en devenir le principal actionnaire, rapporte la NHK vendredi.
Un porte-parole de JAL s'est abstenu de tout commentaire.
L'investissement de Delta serait de plusieurs dizaines de milliards de yens (plusieurs centaines de millions de dollars) dans la première compagnie aérienne asiatique par le chiffre d'affaires.
JAL anticipe une perte nette de 63 milliards de yens ($692 millions) sur l'exercice clos le 31 mars prochain.
La compagnie aérienne nippone s'emploi à céder des actifs et à réduire ses coûts après avoir obtenu une ligne de crédit de 100 milliards de yens garantie par l'Etat moyennant des mesures de restructuration radicales sous sa surveillance.

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AF/KLM serait aussi dans le coup avec Delta mais l'opératio ne serait pas si simple à cause des relations avec American Airlines.

Japan Airlines Corp ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) is seeking a capital injection of about 50 billion yen ($550 million) from Delta Air Lines ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]), as well as several billion yen from Air France-KLM ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]), Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported on Saturday.
A source familiar with JAL's plans told Reuters on Friday Delta, the world's largest carrier, was in talks to take a minority stake in the struggling Japanese carrier as it seeks to expand its international footprint. [ID:nN11471217]
NHK said without citing sources that top executives at JAL were in the United States for negotiations to agree an amount for Delta's aid.
Separately, the Nikkei business daily reported on Saturday that Delta had proposed in late August a capital injection of 30-50 billion yen into JAL.
The paper cited an unnamed senior official at JAL as saying, however, that a tie-up with Delta would be difficult because the Japanese carrier has a partnership with AMR Corp's ([Vous devez être inscrit et connecté pour voir ce lien]) American through the Oneworld alliance. JAL may look into asking American to invest in it, the Nikkei said.
JAL posted a 99 billion yen ($1.1 billion) net loss for the April-June quarter and is headed for its second-straight annual loss this business year to March, hit by a downturn in travel and as it struggles to rein in costs.
It secured a 100 billion yen government-backed loan in June and is widely expected to ask for more financial assistance to help it restructure. JAL is due to submit a restructuring plan by the end of the month. ($1 = 90.69 Yen) (Reporting by Chang-Ran Kim; Editing by Sugita Katyal)

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Merci Jeannot !

Voir aussi dans fusions, prises de contrôle

Affaire assez politique...et si AF s'en mêle aussi.

JAL doit procéder à une revue complète des opportunités

Le deal avec l'ancien gouvernement reste d'actualité : aides mais assorties de profondes restructurations

Et pour le moment, le quotidien Nikkei annonce que JAL va "lever"
( comment, on verra bien mais rein à voir avec DL...ou AF )

TOKYO, 13 sept 2009 (AFP)

Japan Airlines (JAL) envisage de lever 250 milliards de yens (2,8 mds USD) d'ici mars 2010 afin de pouvoir financer sa restructuration, a indiqué dimanche le quotidien économique Nikkei.

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Et maintenant, une JV avec JAL et American Airlines ( AMR ) ?

Que de ballons d'essais, que de rumeurs.

Il en sortira quelque chose, mais quoi ?

NEW YORK, 13 sept 2009 (AFP)

AMR, la maison-mère de la compagnie aérienne American Airlines, est en discussions avec Japan Airlines (JAL) pour former une coentreprise, affirmait dimanche le Wall Street Journal, alors qu'au Japon des médias faisaient état également de discussions avec un autre transporteur américain, Delta Air Lines.

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On en saura un peu plus today.

TOKYO, 15 sept 2009 (AFP)La première compagnie aérienne japonaise, Japan Airlines (JAL), malmenée par la crise et à la recherche de fonds, doit présenter mardi un nouveau plan de restructuration au ministère des Transports, a-t-elle indiqué.

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JAL semble, comme pas mal d'autres entreprises, supporter des charges de retraites de plus en plus lourdes.

De bonnes conditions pour les retraités, l'allongement de la durée de vie ( tant mieux ! ) = des abondements, ou cotisations, qui grossissent lourdement quand l'état ne bouche pas les trous

L'accord entre l'état japonais et le groupe JAL prévoie, en partie, le règlement de ce problème, au mieux de ce qui est économiquement acceptable. Et qui ressemble aux soucis rencontrés par DL/NWA
( mais aussi AMR ) il y a quelques mois...

Je crois que c'est aussi le problème de BA, de AC et sans doute de beaucoup d'autres "anciennes compagnies".

Des nouvelles du plan de restructuration de JAL :
. Suppression de 6800 emplois
. conclusion d'un accord avec un partneaire à la mi-octobre (AMR ou Delta)

Japan Airlines is said to be aiming to cut up 6,800 jobs, and conclude a tie-up with a single partner by the middle of October.
The comments were reportedly made by JAL CEO Haruka Nishimatsu after a meeting with an independent panel that is discussing the carrier's long awaited restructuring.
Reports cite Nishimatu as saying the carrier was likely to pick Delta Air Lines or American Airlines as a partner, but only if Japan and the USA can reach an 'open skies' agreement.
The two countries are in talks to revise their decades-old air services agreement.
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Nishimatsu is also reported as giving a figure of 6,800 job cuts and saying that restructuring will entail "drastic" changes to the carrier's route structure.
In early August JAL said that, in the three months ending 30 June, it posted a net loss of ¥99 billion ($1.1 billion) compared with a net loss of ¥3.4 billion in the corresponding period last year.
JAL's operating statistics showed total passenger numbers fell 15% year-on-year in the fiscal quarter, to 9.5 million from 11.2 million

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Abandon de plusieurs lignes non rentables par JAL

JAL va abandonner 21 lignes internationales et 29 liaisons intérieures (presse)

TOKYO, 16 sept 2009 (AFP)La première compagnie aérienne japonaise, Japan Airlines (JAL), qui prépare un nouveau plan de restructuration, prévoit d'abandonner quelque 50 lignes non rentables, dont 21 liaisons internationales, a affirmé mercredi la presse japonaise.

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Un plan avec le nouveau gouvernement au sujet des caisses retraites et prévoyances chez JAL

D'Airwise ( Reuters ) :

Japan Airlines will propose a plan to current and former employees to reduce pension benefits and spread its obligations over a longer period, that will result in a profit this fiscal year, the Nikkei business daily reported.

JAL hopes to generate a profit of JPY88 billion yen in the year ending March 2010 through the lowered pension obligations, the business daily said, without citing sources.

JAL's pension benefit rate currently stands at 4.5 percent, and in the detailed proposal to roughly 9,000 former employees, JAL will likely seek approval to lower the pension benefit rate below 4 percent, the paper said.

For its 17,000 current employees, JAL hopes to lower the benefit rate to below 2 percent. The airline is likely to present its proposal at a meeting of the corporate pension fund's financial committee that is due to be held on Friday of this week or next, the paper said.

Even if its proposal is accepted by pension members, the company will still need support from its lenders and relevant authorities. If any of them object, JAL may withdraw the plan, the paper added.

Earlier, Japan's new transport minister, Seiji Maehara, said he would review turnaround plans for Japan Airlines as bidders circle the loss-making carrier.

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Trois noms majeurs dans les candidats à la participation chez JAL

Sept 18 (Reuters) -

The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals involving European, U.S. and Asian companies were reported by 0500 GMT on Friday.

** American Airlines will team up with British Airways and Qantas Airways to expand their alliance with cash-strapped Japan Airlines, two people with direct knowledge of the talks said, to beat off a rival offer from another airline.

(Compiled by Tina Kwan in Singapore)

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C'est une lutte des alliances en fait...

JAL continue de distribuer les infos sur ses reajustements

Autre fermeture, sur Transportweekly

The JAL Group announced today, further revisions to its route and flight frequency plan for international passenger operations for the second half of FY2009.
Progressing with restructuring efforts by reviewing its overall network coverage, JAL will withdraw its once-daily service on the international route between Osaka (Kansai) and Dalian from October 25, 2009.
JAL still connects Japan with Dalian by a single daily flight between Tokyo (Narita) and the Chinese city.

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Merci, Jeannot !

Jeannot a écrit:C'est une lutte des alliances en fait...

Oui !
Et, étant donné que JAL apparient à l'Alliance "oneworld, il ne serait pas étonnant que AA, BA Qantas mettent le paquet, pour empêcher toute autre Cie.d'y mettre son grain de sel ou son nez !

Les Autorités "Anti-Trust" empêcheront LHA / Star Alliance d'avoir des visées et des idées !
Le trio AA, BA Qantas feront tou pou faire comprendre à AF-KLM / Sky-Team que le "Mine's Bigger than Yours" n'ira pas loin !

Les créanciers de JAL demande de couper la société en deux. Séparer le gon grain de l'ivraie.

TOKYO, 22 septembre (Reuters) - Les créanciers de Japan Airlines <9205.T> pourraient chercher à en scinder les activités rentables dans le cadre d'une restructuration radicale qui verrait aussi de grandes compagnies étrangères investir dans le premier transporteur aérien d'Asie, a-t-on déclaré mardi de deux sources proches du dossier.
Delta Airlines et American Airlines, ainsi que British Airways et Qantas Airways sont en discussions en vue d'une alliance qui se traduirait par une prise de participation. Air France-KLM a aussi été cité parmi les compagnies intéressées par une telle opération.
La JAL, lourdement déficitaire, prévoit aussi des réductions d'effectifs et une diminution du nombre de ses destinations.
Mais, dit-on de mêmes sources, la Banque de développement du Japon et d'autres créanciers sont réticents à prêter davantage à la compagnie sans mesures de restructuration supplémentaires et sans une plus grande implication de l'Etat.
Les créanciers sont prêts à demander au gouvernement un démantèlement de la compagnie en deux entités, avait le premier rapporté mardi le quotidien financier Nikkei, en ajoutant que la "nouvelle" JAL comprendrait les destinations et les activités rentables.
Une autre proposition envisagée consisterait à apporter des capitaux publics à la nouvelle entité dans le cadre d'une nationalisation provisoire de ces activités, toujours selon Nikkei.
Pour l'entité "ancienne", il serait procédé à une liquidation des actifs au fil du temps.
Ainsi, la transformation de la JAL se ferait un peu sur le modèle de ce qui s'est passé pour la compagnie Alitalia, dont un consortium d'investisseurs italiens (CAI) a repris en janvier les segments rentables et dont Air France-KLM a pris 25% des parts pour 323 millions d'euros.

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JAL recherche l'appui du gouvernement japonais.

Japan Airlines (JAL) will again seek public funds in an effort to remain a viable business.
Several media reports cite JAL president Haruka Nishimatsu as making the requests after meeting with the country's transport minister.
JAL shares fell 18% on the Tokyo stock exchange today, reportedly on rumors the company might be broken up.
In early July the Japanese government guaranteed ¥100 billion ($1.1 billion) in loans that the Oneworld alliance carrier obtained from five Japanese banks, including some government financial institutions. This is on top of earlier loans by the government. The LDP government also formed a panel to look into the airline's restructuring plans.
This came after JAL reported ¥99 billion net loss in the three months to 30 June, up sharply from a loss of ¥3.4 billion a year before. Operating revenue fell 32% to ¥334.8 billion due to adverse international cargo and passenger traffic.
The beleaguered carrier also announced recently that it will cut 6,800 jobs and sharply reduce routes.

A suivre...

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Des fonds publics sous certaines formes, à certaines conditions.


Sur le site Airwise :

A government task force set up to help revive Japan Airlines said on Friday it would review the carrier's turnaround plans from scratch and that splitting it into "good" and "bad" parts was an option.

JAL, swamped by USD$15 billion of debt and headed for its second straight annual loss, asked on Thursday for a government bailout, but the new transport minister withheld his support on concerns the airline's cost-cutting plans would not go far enough.

JAL shares continued to drop, falling another 7 percent, as the former state-owned national flag carrier's fate remains highly uncertain.

The plunge in JAL's stock price has wiped out nearly JPY100 billion yen in market value in the past two days, taking its total capitalisation down to JPY361 billion -- nearly half that of smaller rival All Nippon Airways.

Delta Air Lines and a rival group of carriers led by American Airlines are holding separate talks to invest in and deepen ties with JAL, eyeing growth in Japan and the rest of Asia.

The idea of breaking JAL into "good" and "bad" parts, similar to the restructuring of US automaker General Motors, has been floated by creditors, banking sources have said.

But the task force also reiterated Transport Minister Seiji Maehara's stance that bankruptcy was not being considered.

"We are not thinking about using legal procedures. We can work things out among interested parties," the head of the task force, Shinjiro Takagi, told reporters.

Takagi, an adviser for Nomura Securities, also served as chairman of a state-backed corporate turnaround body, the Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan, under which retailer Daiei and cosmetics maker Kanebo were reconstructed.

"JAL could go through schemes similar to what Daiei and Kanebo did," a banking source familiar with the matter said.

Kanebo was split into profitable and loss-making segments while Daiei was rescued by a rival retailer after reducing its debts.

The task force was assembled to draw up restructuring plans for JAL by the end of November after the struggling carrier's own plans failed to satisfy government officials.

The government's Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirofumi Hirano said urgent action was needed but also added that the government was not necessarily assuming there would be an injection of public funds.

"The stock price is falling .. We need to work on this urgently," Hirano told a news conference.

Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama told a group of reporters in Pittsburgh, where he is attending a G20 meeting, that public money might be needed to rescue JAL.

"Public funds may become necessary in some form. But as to the scheme, I need to consult with Mr. Maehara and reach a conclusion in the shortest time possible."

JAL's shares dropped 7.6 percent to 133 yen, following a 16 percent dive on Thursday and underperforming the benchmark Nikkei average, which lost 2.6 percent.

(Reuters)

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