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All Nippon Airways Co. plans to offer its flight attendants the option of working two days a week, starting fiscal 2023, enabling them to pursue second jobs as the coronavirus pandemic has dented demand for air travel, company sources said Monday. The Japanese airline hopes the scheme — previously limited to those who needed to take care of children or the elderly — will also be used to learn new skills, potentially linking them to new endeavors for the company, according to the sources. It will be available to around 8,500 of its flight attendants who live in Japan. However, ANA plans to re…

Japan Airlines Co. on Tuesday logged a net loss for the six months ended in September of 2.11 billion yen ($14.22 million), reporting red ink for the third straight year, as travel demand struggled to rebound during a seventh wave of COVID-19 in the country. But the loss was substantially lower than the 104.98 billion yen logged a year earlier. Sales more than doubled to 618.52 billion yen, JAL said. JAL maintained its earnings forecast for the business year ending in March, expecting a net profit of 45 billion yen on sales of 1.4 trillion yen.

All Nippon Airways Co. said Thursday it will resume regular operations for all domestic flights to and from Tokyo’s Haneda airport starting next month, as travel demand recovers with the easing of COVID-19 travel restrictions. The airline’s return to normal operations for its domestic routes comes after it had reduced such flights since March 2020 amid the global pandemic. It also coincides with Japan’s move to begin accepting foreign tourists in stages from Friday amid easing COVID border controls. The airline known as ANA said the passenger rate has currently recovered to 60 percent of what …

Japan Airlines Co. on Wednesday posted a net loss of 128.32 billion yen ($1.12 billion) for the April to December period as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to curb air travel demand at home and abroad. The loss narrowed from the 212.72 billion yen reported for the same period a year earlier. Revenue rose 39.8 percent to 498.48 billion yen for the nine months. JAL maintained its earnings forecast for the business year ending in March. The company forecasts a net loss of 146 billion yen and revenue of 766 billion yen for the period.

ANA Holdings Inc. reported Tuesday a net loss of 102.80 billion yen ($894 million) for the April to December period, as the coronavirus pandemic continued to hit demand for air travel in Japan and abroad. Still, the parent of All Nippon Airways Co. said the loss narrowed from 309.58 billion yen in the same period a year earlier. The company posted an operating loss of 115.82 billion yen in the nine-month period, improving from 362.41 billion yen in loss a year earlier. Revenue climbed 39.9 percent from a year earlier to 738.05 billion yen. ANA maintained its earnings forecasts for the current …