JAL group to change Holding Company name

The JAL Group today announced that from June 6, 2004, the JAL Group holding company currently known as Japan Airlines System Corporation will be renamed Japan Airlines Corporation.

Japan Airlines System Corporation was created in October 2002 as a holding company to supervise the integration of Japan Airlines and Japan Air System. The integration will be complete from April 1, 2004, when the present Japan Airlines becomes Japan Airlines International Company Ltd., responsible for international air transport business - and Japan Air System becomes Japan Airlines Domestic Company Ltd., handling domestic air transport operations. Airport counters and staff uniforms have been unified under the JAL brand and all flights from April 1 will carry JAL flight numbers.

The JAL Group said it has decided on the holding company name change to  Japan Airlines Corporation to emphasize the JAL brand identity.