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| Above, ANA's display of their Business Class seating at the L.A. Travel and Adventure Show in 2013. |
All Nippon Airways (ANA) has topped Japan Airlines (JAL) in international passenger demand for the first time.
The Wall Street Journal reported:
TOKYO— All Nippon Airways Co. became Japan's largest international air carrier in terms of revenue passenger kilometers in May, beating Japan Airlines Co. for the first time ever.
Of Japan's two major airlines, the initially state-owned JAL has long been positioned as a step ahead of rival ANA in terms of international flights thanks to its status as the country's flag carrier. But ANA has been working to reorganize its international flight business to generate more profits and has gained a tailwind in recent years.
ANA's revenue passenger kilometers—a measure of traffic calculated by multiplying the number of passengers aboard by the distance traveled—rose 25.4% on year in May to 2.953 billion kilometers, data released Tuesday by the airline showed.
That was higher than Japan Airlines' 2.912 billion kilometers for the same period, marking the first time that ANA has taken the top spot since it began providing international flights in 1986.One of the reason that I am not surprised at ANA's showing is that they have been promoting their airline with elaborate displays at various travel shows. One such show was the 2013 Los Angeles Travel and Adventure Show in Long Beach. JAL had no displays anywhere near in comparison.
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