US, Japan Open skies to promote restructuring of aviation industry

U.S.-Japan "open Skies" to promote the restructuring of airlines across the Pacific routes will no longer be subject to flights, lines, capacity and pricing restrictions, etc. this newspaper, Los Angeles, Tokyo December 13 (reporter Tekker, lemon) The United States and Japan 11th on mutual "open skies" to reach an air agreement, In order to promote the transport of air services between the two countries. Under the agreement, the Trans-Pacific routes of the two airlines will no longer be restricted by flights, lines, capacity and pricing. The U.S. media called it "landmark."　　Analysts believe that the U.S. and Japan aviation industry will enter the new operational battlefield, launched a new round of alliances. Breaking a few airlines ' monopoly on Japanese-American routes the current air agreement for the United States and Japan was signed in 1952, which has a number of restrictions on air transport capabilities, routes, pricing and code-sharing in both countries. With the rapid growth of trade and personnel exchanges between the United States and Japan, this agreement is outdated.　　In particular, since the onset of the financial crisis, the U.S.-Japan aviation industry has faced unprecedented pressure, looking forward to the liberalization of the aviation market to carry out the aviation industry restructuring. The US and Japanese governments have held 5 rounds of consultations this year to reach an "open skies" agreement. The U.S. Department of Transportation said the two airlines in the future can be based on passenger or cargo demand, free choice of flight routes, destinations and flights, the transport capacity and pricing restrictions will also be canceled, thus providing "cooperative market arrangements, including code sharing to provide unlimited opportunities." In addition, the "Open Skies" agreement has broken a few airlines to monopolize the Japanese-American route situation.　　In the past only the United States, United, FedEx Three U.S. airlines can open unlimited flights in the Japanese market, the future U.S. airlines, Continental Airlines, UPS, Hawaii Holdings and other small and medium-sized airlines will not be subject to shift restrictions. It is understood that allowing U.S. airlines to have more seats in Tokyo Narita Airport and the opening of Tokyo Haneda Airport for the first time is a major concession in Japan's negotiations. Agence France-Presse said it opened the path for the U.S. to expand into Japan and even lucrative Asian markets. According to reports, the two airport will be built next year through the construction of a new runway, such as a substantial expansion of take-off and landing scale, the Japanese government hopes to take this opportunity to make two airport as an international hub airport, in the increasingly competitive Asian airport to win a place.　　Under the agreement, airlines in Japan and the US will strive to open 4 daily flights between Tokyo Haneda Airport and the United States after October 2010. Consumers have more choice of flights and cheaper air tickets The U.S. Transportation Secretary, LaHood, said that once the deal comes into effect, "consumers, airlines and the economies of both countries will benefit from more competitive prices and more convenient services".　　Japan's Land and Transport Minister Seiji Maehara also said that Japan and the United States route is the largest aviation market, the agreement reached a "significant". For ordinary consumers, the immediate consequence of the "Open Skies" agreement is to have more flights to choose from and to get cheaper tickets. Since the beginning of the "open skies" negotiations in the United States since 1979, itAn "open skies" agreement has been reached with more than 90 countries and regions.　　Studies show that the "Open skies" agreement has led to a 15%-50% cut in U.S. international fares. The U.S.-Europe "open skies" agreement came into effect last March, with airlines from the United States and EU countries flying from any airport in the two sides to each other's airport.　　EU Commissioner Jacques Barrow said the agreement would allow consumers to save at least 12 billion euros of travel expenses over the next 5 years, and could add 80,000 more jobs to the US and Europe. The U.S. government has been actively promoting Japan's "Open Skies", the US daily said, but Japan is hesitant to protect its airline companies. The financial crisis has caused Japan's airlines to experience financial difficulties, thus speeding up the "open skies" negotiations. According to Japanese media reports, after the signing of the agreement, the current in principle by the intergovernmental negotiations to determine the Japan-US route will be fully liberalized, airlines can participate freely.　　Japan-US airlines will likely further strengthen their cooperation in price setting and air ticket sales in the future, as it is likely to be determined by the Government of Japan and the US not to be bound by antitrust laws. The Trans-Pacific Air Industry Alliance will be strengthened by the United States and Japan, respectively, the world's first and third largest aviation market. American and Japanese airlines have high hopes for an "open sky". According to the current air agreement, Japanese airlines fly 136 flights a week between Japan and the United States, and American Airlines fly 296 flights. Japan accuses the arrangement of being unfair.　　The "Open Skies" agreement will effectively reset the operational battlefield and spawn new partnerships, said the Vice-President for government affairs. Japan Airlines, Asia's biggest airline, has faced a huge business dilemma in recent years, and has seen a three-degree government bailout and a thousands of-employee layoff. However, Japan Airlines ' China route and other Asian routes are very attractive to the American aviation industry. In order to seize the cooperation with Japan Airlines, American Airlines and American Airlines infighting. Delta last month made a 1 billion dollar investment bill and issued a statement hoping to "strengthen effective cooperation with Japan Airlines" in an attempt to lure Japan Airlines to kick off its old partner, American Airways.　　In this respect, U.S. airlines last week proposed 1.1 billion U.S. dollars to invest in Japan Airlines, while accusing the Delta deliberately interfering with the "Open Skies" agreement. Nishimatsu, president of Japan Airlines, who is in the process of restructuring, said: "I hope to build efficient routes and a strong network to provide passengers with better service".　　JAL is currently negotiating with Danone and US airlines on capital and business cooperation, and the pace of selection is accelerating. In addition, other U.S. airlines are eager to. United Airlines chief executive Tilton said they would soon propose a "antitrust immunity" request to form a trans-Pacific joint venture with Japan's ANA and Continental Airlines in the United States. He said the Trans-Pacific Aviation joint venture will expand United's Pacific network to provide customers with more seating and cargo capacity. All Day Empty HairThe statement said we will take a strategy to improve service facilitation, increase flights to U.S. cities and select U.S. partners as soon as possible. Although the text of the US-Japan "open Skies" agreement has been finalized, the two sides have not yet set a specific effective date. Japan's Kyodo news agency expects the agreement to enter into force next October, leading to a sweeping liberalisation of the aviation market in the two countries and a strengthening of the trans-Pacific Aviation Industry Alliance.