Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Civil Aviation Bureau

Status of bilateral agreements

Japan has signed bilateral air transport agreements with the following countries :
(As of January, 2007)
Country Date effective Scheduled carriers
United States September 15, 1953 Northwest Airlines
    Continental Micronesia
    United Airlines
    Delta Air Lines
    American Airlines
    Continental Airlines
    US Airways
    Federal Express (cargo)
    United Parcel Service (cargo)
    Polar Air Cargo(cargo)
    Evergreen International Airlines(cargo)
United Kingdom July 31, 1953 British Airways
    Virgin Atlantic Airways
Netherlands July 24, 1953 KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Sweden July 24, 1953 Scandinavian Airlines system
Norway July 14, 1953
Denmark July 14, 1953
Thailand July 14, 1953 Thai Airways International
    Bangkok Airways
Canada July 20, 1955 Air Canada
India May 11, 1956 Air India
France May 24, 1956 Air France
    Air Tahiti Nui
    Air Caledonie International
Australia April 27, 1956 Qantas Airways
Switzerland April 3, 1957 Swiss Air
Brazil October 19, 1962  
Belgium July 3, 1961  
Federal Republic of Germany July 12, 1962 Lufthansa, Lufthansa Cargo (cargo)
Pakistan July 12, 1962 Pakistan International Airlines
Indonesia September 3, 1963 Garuda Indonesia
Italy July 26, 1963 Alitalia
    Cargoitalia S.P.A. (cargo)
Egypt June 6, 1963 Egypt Air
Kuwait June 20, 1963  
Malaysia November 4, 1965 Malaysian Airline System
Russian Federation March 3, 1967 Aeroflot Russian International Airlines
    Vladivostok Air
    Dalavia
    Siberia Airlines
    Volga-Dnepr Airlines (cargo)
Singapore August 1, 1967 Singapore Airlines
Singapore Airlines Cargo (cargo)
Republic of Korea August 30, 1967 Korean Air Lines
    Asiana Airlines
Lebanon March 18, 1971  
Philippines May 14, 1970 Philippine Airlines
Myanmar September 21, 1972  
Mexico February 23, 1973 Aeromexico
Greece January 30, 1976  
People's Republic of China May 24, 1974 Air China
    China Eastern Airlines,
    China Southern Airlines
    Shanghai Airlines
    Hainan Airlines
    Xiamen Airlines
    China Cargo Airlines (cargo)
    Yangtze River Express Airlines (cargo)
    Jade Cargo International Co., Ltd. (cargo)
    China Postal Airlines (cargo)
Iraq March 7, 1979  
New Zealand June 18, 1980 Air New Zealand
Bangladesh May 23, 1980  
Fiji June 18, 1980 Air Pacific
Spain June 18, 1980 Iberia
Finland June 5, 1981 Finnair Oy
Sri Lanka June 1, 1984 Sri Lankan Airlines
Republic of Austria July 3, 1989 Austrian Airlines
Republic of Turkey July 20, 1989 Turkish Airlines
Kingdom of Nepal June 2, 1994 Royal Nepal Airlines
Viet Nam August 8, 1994 Vietnam Airlines
Brunei Darussalam August 30, 1994  
South Africa September 29, 1994  
Mongolia November 17, 1994 Miat Mongolian Airlines
Jordan January 10, 1995  
Hungary March 17, 1995  
Poland March 4, 1996  
Ethiopia May 15, 1997  
Hong Kong June 18, 1997 Cathay Pacific Airways
    Hong Kong Dragon Airlines
    Air Hong Kong (cargo)
Papua New Guinea June 27, 1997 Air Niugini
Oman May 27, 1998  
Bahrain May 27, 1998  
United Arab Emirates December 17, 1998 Emirates
Qatar August 16, 1999 Qatar Airways
Israel January 20, 2000  
Uzbekistan August 26, 2004 Uzbekistan Airways
     
  Total 55 countries and 1 region Total 69

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