JAL Decorates Aircraft with Special Livery for 2012 Summer Olympics - The FINANCIAL
22 May 2012, 11:32 pm
According to Japan Airlines, the special livery aircraft will be used on routes from Tokyo (Haneda) to Sapporo (Chitose), Osaka (itami), Fukuoka and Okinawa (Naha) between May 27 and early September 2012. JAL has supported the Olympic Games and Japanese ...

Vanport International cuts for Japan through thick and thin, shipping lumber to the tsunami zone - Oregonian
19 May 2012, 10:56 am
SENDAI, Japan -- Carpenter Harunori itami selects a thick piece of lumber and does what no ordinary U.S. framer would do. He slips the post into a factory-cut notch and bolts it in place. itami is framing a house in Sendai, the booming gateway ...

Peach reports strong first month of LCC operations, but at expense of declining ANA traffic - Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (subscription)
14 May 2012, 7:30 pm
Peach's initial two destinations have nuances, with Sapporo served from the three Osaka area airports (Kobe, itami and Kansai) and Fukuoka from only two (itami and Kansai). On the Sapporo route, the change in Mar-2012 traffic compared to Mar ...