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The fall and fall of JAL

High in the sky on January 1, three special Japan Airlines (JAL) plane loads of sightseers viewed the first dawn of 2010 as they circled Mount Fuji, a symbol of good fortune on the first day of a Japanese New Year.
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JAL's demise a lesson for all carriers

It was a spectacular, although hardly unexpected, fall from grace. Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia’s biggest carrier in revenue terms, had little choice but to file for bankruptcy. With debts of $25.6 billion, more than many of the world’s nations, even signs of market recovery could hardly give shareholders hope JAL could continue in its current form.
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Wallop resigns over excess baggage

Wallop Bhukkanast resigned as executive chairman of the Thai Airways International (THAI) board in mid-January, a week before publication of an investigation into a complaint that four passengers, including Wallop, his wife and THAI executive vice-president commercial, Pruet Boophajam, transported unauthorised excess baggage on a flight from Tokyo to Bangkok last November.
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A boost for cargo

Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) members’ international passenger numbers fell 1.5% to 11.3 million in October. Passenger traffic measured in revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) was almost flat, registering a 0.2% decline.  However, month-on-month comparisons revealed a modest 1.7% growth. A 6.4% drop in seating capacity bolstered passenger load factors (PLF) by 4.8 percentage points to a pre-recession level of 77.6%.
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