American to move Asia/Pacific office to JAL headquarters

American Airlines said it will move its Tokyo-based Asia/Pacific regional office to a vacant floor at Japan Airlines' JAL Building headquarters by January. The oneworld partners have jointly applied to the Japanese Transport Ministry and the US Dept. of Transportation for antitrust immunity to operate as if they are one airline for commercial purposes on flights between North America and Asia (ATW Daily News, June 21). "With American's proposed Pacific joint business with JAL anticipated to receive government approval by the end of this year, co-locating our offices with those of JAL will be beneficial and enable us to forge closer working relationships," AA said in a statement. "We have been working closely so that we will be able to implement our joint business as quickly as possible after government approvals are received."