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TOKYO January 13, 2010 – ANA today applied to Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to reduce its surcharge on international cargo shipments from February 1, 2010.

The cargo fuel surcharge is fixed for one month and revised on the basis of the average price of jet fuel for the month immediately preceding the announcement of the next revision, if any. The next surcharge will thus be set according to the average price of jet fuel for the month of December – as reported by the U.S. Department of Energy – and come into effect on February 1. As jet fuel averaged of US$83.20 per barrel in that month, the surcharge will be fixed in accordance with the chart below.
ANA again regrets that it must continue to ask its valued customers to share the burden of fuel costs, in spite of its own ongoing efforts to control costs and increase revenues.

Revised fuel surcharge for international cargo (yen/ kilo) from February 1 , 2010*

*subject to approval by the relevant government authorities and may be changed without notice

Conditions for Revision (and Removal) of the Surcharge

The next revision to the cargo Fuel Surcharge, if any, will take effect on March 1, based on the average price of Singapore kerosene for the month of January, and will be announced in February.
If the monthly average cost of Singapore kerosene falls below US$30 per barrel, the fuel surcharge will be removed altogether.

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TOKYO December 15, 2009 – Owing to the continued rise in the cost of jet fuel (Singapore kerosene), ANA today applied to the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to raise its fuel surcharge on international flights from February 1 to March 31, 2010.

The fuel surcharge is fixed for a period of two months, after which it is revised on the basis of the average market price of Singapore kerosene for the two months previous to the date of application for revision. Jet fuel rose to an average of US$82.4 per barrel from October to November this year, in view of which ANA regrets that it must ask its valued customers to once again share the increased cost burden, in spite of ongoing efforts to curb costs and increase revenues.

Conditions for Revision (and Removal) of the Surcharge

(1) The fuel surcharge will not be revised for the two months from February 1 to March 31, 2010 regardless of market movements. The levels stated are subject to government approval.
(2) The level of the fuel surcharge from April 1, 2010 will be announced as soon as it is ready.
(3) If the two months average cost of Singapore kerosene falls below US$60 per barrel the fuel surcharge will be removed altogether.

Notes
(1)The fuel surcharge applies in its entirety to all fares, including discount fares, child fares and award tickets. It is not subject to any discount whatsoever. Children under the age of two who do not occupy a seat will not be subject to the surcharge.
(2)In the case of refunded tickets, the surcharge will be refunded in full and will not be subject to any charges.

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The JAL Group has requested for approval from the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) to maintain the current level of fuel surcharge on all international passenger tickets issued between January 1 and March 31, 2010.

The price of Singapore kerosene-type jet fuel during the 3 month period from August to October 2009 averaged USD$78.04 per barrel. With reference to the fuel surcharge benchmark list for FY2009 (see below), this corresponds to Zone B where fuel surcharges range from 300 yen on a Japan – Korea ticket to 10,000 yen on a Japan- Brazil ticket per person per sector flown, on tickets purchased in Japan.

The fuel surcharge to be placed on tickets issued from April to July 2010 will be reviewed based on the average price of fuel for November 2009 through to January 2010.

The company is continuously conducting a wide range of countermeasures to limit the full impact of the price increase including fuel hedging, fuel consumption reductions, and the introduction of more fuel-efficient small and medium-sized aircraft to its fleet.

Despite these measures, the company is reluctantly obliged to ask its international passengers to bear part of the burden caused by the increase in the price of fuel.

Fuel Surcharge for the period: January 01 – March 31, 2010*

- Applicable to all international passenger tickets issued on or after January 01, to March 31, 2009.
- The surcharge applies to flights operated by Japan Airlines and its subsidiaries, including JAL code-share flights operated by other airlines.
- The planned level of fuel surcharge is subject to government approval.

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