JAL, ANA, JAS open common counters at Haneda, Kansai airports

OSAKA, Japan - A ceremony marking the opening of a common counter for Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Japan Air System is held Sept. 20 at Kansai airport in Osaka. Similar counters, opened for passengers using shuttle flights between Tokyo and Osaka, were also set up at Tokyo's Haneda airport for flight reservations, ticket sales and other services. The shuttle flights were launched July 1 in an attempt to draw travelers away from Shinkansen bullet train service.

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