Japan Airlines Update
Japan Airlines VP marketing and strategy research Asia and Oceania Region Akihide Yoguchi talks about service to Seattle, the potential for operating service to American’s hubs in Philadelphia and Charlotte and how Delta and Korean’s impending joint venture will impact the Asia-North America market.
Transcript
Akihide YoguchiI have to say that we haven't yet, in the stage to state that which cities in particular we're going to fly, but we're expecting airport capacity expansion, in 2020, and after our bail out, we're now aiming for a potential growth, and to do that, not only with our management and resource, we have to depend ... I mean we have to collaborate with our partners.
So of course Seattle is one of the very preferable candidates, because we have a strong relationship with Alaskan Airlines now. But saying again, we haven't decided anything yet, so we're not in stage to point out any specifics yeah.
Of course, because we see that those cities have potential, but again, we're looking into various possibilities, and of course, and including the relationship with our partners, so we haven't really decided yet.
Well, I think the Korea and Delta joint venture will stimulate the market between North Asia, and the United States. I think it's a good thing, but as us, trying to capture the demand from the Southeast Asia and North America, well, they are our competitor, so, we will compete, and we'll stimulate the airline industry to grow together, yeah.
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