JAL and ANA cooperating; Hell still hot

April 5, 2007
By Ken Worsley

Japan Air Lines and All Nippon Airways do not have a history of working together, but they finally done something for the good of the customer by launching a joint electronic ticketing service for international flights. This means that one could take a domestic flight from Kochi (or some other local airport) on ANA to Narita and change to a JAL flight without a paper ticket. Good news…

…However, JTB says that there will be fewer Japanese traveling internationally during this year’s late April/early May Golden Week holidays, which means there won’t be quite as many people to put that new ticketing system to use. Last year, the holidays fell in such a way that it was easy to arrange a full week off. This year, however, two working days are stuck in the middle of the holidays, making it a little more difficult for salarymen to get that precious time off. This should, however, be interpreted as good news for domestic tourism.

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