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CBS Local Boeing Worker Trapped Under Jetliner Is Rescued CBS Local AP News, Local, News SEATTLE (CBS Seattle/AP) ? A member of a Boeing ground crew was run over by a Japan Airlines plane while it was being towed at Paine Field Airport in Everett Friday. Officials say emergency crews have rescued the worker who was ... and more » Worker Trapped Under Boeing 787 Tires Rescued KESQ Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for ... and more » Daily Mail Worker rescued after being trapped under the wheel of an 787 aircraft Daily Mail The man, whose name is not being released, was trapped underneath a Japan Airlines flight for an unspecified amount of time before being removed and taken to an area hospital. His condition was deemed 'serious' when he was taken to Harborview Medical ... and more » CTV.ca Boeing worker run over by 787 'Dreamliner' CTV.ca Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for ... and more » Worker trapped under Boeing 787 tires is rescued Yahoo! Contributors Network Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for ... and more » Kingfisher Oneworld alliance goes Kaput mydigitalfc.com Oneworld's 12 airline members comprise some of the world biggest airliners that include American Airlines, British Airways, Japan Airlines, Qantas and Cathay Pacific. New inductions into the alliance include Malaysian Airlines. and more » 6abc.com Worker trapped under Boeing 787 tires is rescued 6abc.com Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for ... and more » Seamless mobile check-ins predicted Vancouver Sun ... Qantas has rolled out frequent flyer cards with radio frequency identification tags to stream-line the luggage-tagging pro-cess; Japan Airlines [JAL] is deploying NFC-based mobile boarding passes later this year for domestic flights. and more » Worker trapped under Boeing 787 tires is rescued STLtoday.com Paine Field Airport Director Dave Waggoner tells KOMO-TV that the Japan Airlines plane was being towed Friday evening when a member of a Boeing ground crew was run over. A helicopter transported the man to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle for ... and more » Business Today Oneworld Alliance defers Kingfisher entry Business Today Like other global alliances, 'oneworld' includes 12 of the world's leading airlines and 20 affiliated carriers, like American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair Japan Airlines (JAL), Qantas and Royal Jordanian. and more »

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Jan 17 JAL to appoint first ex-pilot president to steer new team, fall TSE relisting Japan Airlines Corp. will appoint Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoshiharu Ueki as its new president following a shareholders' meeting in February, a move intended to strengthen its new management team ahead of its relisting later this year. Current President Masaru Onishi will become JAL chairman, while current Chairman Kazuo Inamori will serve as honorary chairman, the carrier said Tuesday. Inamori, however, said he will leave the airline next January in line with his promise at the time he joined JAL in Feburary 2010 to help rehabilitate the company. (Japan Times) Jan 15 Sydney-bound JAL jet returns due to fire A Japan Airlines flight bound for Sydney returned to Narita airport after a seat caught fire Saturday night, forcing the passengers to stay in Japan overnight. A cabin attendant confirmed a small fire on a seat in business class at 8:20 p.m. shortly after the Boeing 777, carrying 260 passengers and crew members, took off from Narita, JAL said. A lighter was found on the seat but JAL has yet to identify who it belonged to, it said, adding no one was injured in the incident. (Japan Times) Jan 6 JAL IPO bid defies budget rival threat Japan Airlines Corp. is preparing for an initial public offering that may make it the world's most valuable carrier even as new low-fare airlines threaten to lure away travelers in its home market. Shareholders of JAL, which exited bankruptcy protection in March, are considering selling as much as ¥1 trillion worth of stock as early as September, according to two sources. That would be enough for the Tokyo-based airline to surpass Air China Ltd. as the world's biggest carrier by market value. The sale may struggle to reach the highest amount possible because concerns about competition may outweigh the benefits of a turnaround that has enabled JAL to return to profit, said Senri Sasahara at Innovative Advisor Corp. (Japan Times) Jan 5 Japan Airlines plans share listing of up to $13 billion: report Japan Airlines Co (JALFQ.PK) plans to relist its shares as early as September in a public offering that could raise up to 1 trillion yen ($13 billion), Bloomberg news reported on Thursday, marking the carrier's recovery from bankruptcy and restructuring. A Japan Airlines spokesman declined to comment, although the company had said it would consider returning to the stock market when a government-backed turnaround body sells its $4.3 billion stake by the end of this year. Nomura Holdings Inc (8604.T) and Daiwa Securities Group Inc (8601.T) were in August selected by the state-backed Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corp as global coordinators on the planned sale of its stake in the carrier, which filed for bankruptcy protection in January 2010 after collapsing under repeated losses and mounting debt. (Reuters) Nov 30 Japan Airlines and AMR: Trading places? For some, news that AMR Corp., the parent of American Airlines, filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday may have been surprising, after the company's renowned resistance to court-protected restructuring. For others, it may have seemed inevitable for a company that's lost more than $10 billion since 2001. But for Japan Airlines, it's plain ironic. Just under two years ago, JAL, as the Japanese carrier is known, was itself on the verge of filing for the country's biggest-ever bankruptcy protection program for a non-financial company. There were many critical voices on how exactly JAL ended up at that stage, but one supporter never wavered - AMR. (Wall Street Journal) Nov 8 Japan Airlines posts $1.25 billion net profit Struggling Japan Airlines said Tuesday that it posted a net profit of 97.4 billion yen ($1.25 billion) on a consolidated basis in the first half of fiscal 2011, which started on April 1, thanks to rigorous cost-cutting efforts. JAL's group revenue from its overall operations totaled $7.69 billion in the April-September period, including $346.15 million from international cargo operations and $155.13 million from domestic cargo operations. The airline posted a group operating profit of $1.36 billion and a group ordinary - or pre-tax - profit of $1.32 billion in the April-September period. (joc.com) Oct 17 Taxpayers lost 47 bil. yen on JAL / Massive cost of airline's bailout package confirmed for 1st time The public financing package extended to Japan Airlines prior to its failure cost taxpayers a total of 47 billion yen, the Board of Audit has confirmed. It is the first time the total taxpayer contribution--in the form of nonrecoverable loans-- to JAL, which is now undergoing corporate rehabilitation, has been revealed. The 47 billion yen was a part of a 67 billion yen public financing package extended with a government-backed guarantee to JAL in June 2009, before the airline filed for bankruptcy. (Yomiuri) Aug 16 JAL joins partners in low-cost carrier bid Japan Airlines Corp., Mitsubishi Corp. and Australia's Qantas Group announced Tuesday they will jointly launch a low-cost carrier in Japan, aiming to boost their competitiveness in the market here amid an influx of budget carriers. Jetstar Japan Co. plans to start domestic service by the end of 2012, flying from Narita International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport, but it isn't known yet which hub will serve as its base. Prospective destinations include Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa, the three companies said. (Japan Times) Aug 14 Sun rises on Jetstar's low-cost Japanese airline Jetstar and Japan Airlines are expected to announce within days a deal with Mitsubishi to launch their long-awaited Japanese low-cost carrier by the end of the year. The new carrier will use the Jetstar brand as well as its operational, reservation and sales systems to begin domestic and international flights by December, according to the Nikkei business daily. A separate report from Japan said Mitsubishi would be looking for other investors in the start-up to reduce its 33.4 per cent stake, while Jetstar and JAL retained their holdings. Jetstar first offered to help JAL set up a low-cost carrier last year but the Japanese carrier has been slow to take up the offer. The delay led to Malaysia's AirAsia striking a deal with rival All Nippon Airways to set up a competing operation, AirAsia-ANA. ANA also plans to establish a second low-cost carrier called Peach. (The Australian) Jul 1 JAL plans budget carrier with Jetstar Japan Airlines (JAL) is expected to enter the low-cost carrier market by teaming up with Australia's Jetstar, launching domestic services as early as next year, a report said Friday. JAL plans to set up a joint venture with Jetstar, the budget offshoot of Australian national carrier Qantas, for flights using Narita and other domestic airports, the Nikkei business daily said. The venture would be capitalised at 10-20 billion yen ($124-248 million), with JAL and Jetstar each taking stakes of about 30 percent, the daily said, adding that it would be later decided which firm has management control. 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