Japan Airlines System to slash more flights TOKYO (AP) =97 Japan Airlines System announced its third planned reduction= of=20 international flights in a month due to a fall in demand caused by the war= =20 in Iraq and the spread of a deadly flu-like illness. Beginning April 14,=20 JAL will temporarily suspend five international routes to China, Hong Kong,= =20 Indonesia and Switzerland, company spokesman Kennichi Ando said. The=20 suspension will affect seven weekly Fukuoka-Hong Kong flights and a twice=20 weekly Osaka-Guangzhou route until the end of April, and JAL's Taipei-Hong= =20 Kong route until the end of May. The Osaka-Taipei leg will continue to=20 operate six times a week, he said. The region has been hardest hit by=20 severe acute respiratory syndrome, or SARS, which has killed 104 people and= =20 sickened over 2,600 people worldwide. In May, JAL will reduce flights to=20 Indonesia and Switzerland. It will slash its seven weekly flights between=20 Osaka-Denpasar-Jakarta and three weekly flights between Tokyo and Zurich.=20 Further reductions will take place on various routes, including Tokyo-Los=20 Angeles and Tokyo-Hong Kong, through the summer, he said. Japan's biggest=20 airline had announced cutbacks twice in March to France, Indonesia,=20 Britain, Hawaii and Guam due to sluggish travel because of uncertainty=20 stemming from the U.S.-led war in Iraq. Japan Airlines merged with Japan=20 Air Systems in October to become Japan Airlines System. *************************************************** The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site/TnTisland.com Roj (Roger James) escape email mailto:ejames@xxxxxxxxx Trinbago site: www.tntisland.com Carib Brass Ctn site www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ Steel Expressions www.mts.net/~ejames/se/ Site of the Week: http://www.carstt.com TnT Webdirectory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************