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The JAL Group today announced that from June 6, 2004, the JAL Group holding
company currently known as Japan Airlines System Corporation will be renamed
Japan Airlines Corporation.
Japan Airlines System Corporation was created in October 2002 as a holding
company to supervise the integration of Japan Airlines and Japan Air System.
The integration will be complete from April 1, 2004, when the present Japan
Airlines becomes Japan Airlines International Company Ltd., responsible for
international air transport business - and Japan Air System becomes Japan
Airlines Domestic Company Ltd., handling domestic air transport operations.
Airport counters and staff uniforms have been unified under the JAL brand and
all flights from April 1 will carry JAL flight numbers.
The JAL Group
said it has decided on the holding company name change to Japan Airlines Corporation to emphasize the JAL brand identity. |
