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JAL cuts routes in bid to draw funds

By Robin Harding in Tokyo and Justin Baer in New York

Published: September 15 2009 14:48 | Last updated: September 16 2009 01:18

Japan Airlines is to cut 6,800 jobs, slash its network of overseas routes and withdraw from some airports as it seeks to attract the debt and equity funding needed to repair its balance sheet.

Haruka Nishimatsu, JAL’s president, also said that the company aims to agree on a capital injection from a foreign rival by mid-October.

Parked jetliners from Japan Airlines at an airport terminal

JAL is planning to withdraw from some airports as it seeks to attract funding

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