American Airlines, headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, the United States, is considering making an equity investment in Japan Airlines, the flag-carrier airline of Japan.

Delta Air Lines has started non-stop flights between Salt Lake City in Utah, the United States, and Tokyo in Japan. Delta will operate flights between Salt Lake City International Airport and Narita International Airport in Tokyo on all days except Sundays and Tuesdays. In a statement, Delta Air Lines, based in Atlanta, ...

  Japan and Da Nang, in central Vietnam, will be connected by direct flights by late 2009.

The governments of the United States and Japan have signed a Bilateral Aviation Safety Agreement (BASA) as well as another pact on related implementation procedures.

Japan Airlines, the biggest airline in Japan and also the largest carrier in Asia, has said it expects a net loss of 34 billion yen ($374 million) in the year to March 2009 mainly because of the global economic recession, which led to a slump in business travel as well as cargo traffic.

Delta Air Lines, which finalised its merger with Northwest Airlines about two weeks ago, has announced 15 new international routes, which would make it the No. 1 airline based in the United States to fly between the US East Coast and Asia.

Japan Airlines (JAL) is revising its plan on cargo fleet, route and frequency for the second half of the financial year 2008, the year ending March 31, 2009.

In an important breakthrough in the aviation sector, Japan will allot 20 additional slots for Indian carriers at Narita international Airport in Tokyo by 2010. This will result in the Indian airlines operating up to 28 services to Tokyo every week from 4 at present.

Top economic policy-makers of Japan are in favour of entering into an open-sky agreement with the United States and the European Union.

Qantas Airways Limited, Australia's largest carrier and the country’s national airline, has decided either to cancel or reduce many of its services to Japan and south-east Asia in the wake of exceptionally high prices of aviation fuel.

Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege, the largest frequent flyer program in India, has joined All Nippon Airways, headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan, in a frequent-flyer partnership.