Post-rescue, Japan Airlines will hold membership in one of three major airline alliances. Other carriers are keen to know which

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"JAL's operation covers more than a half of Japan's sky and, considering its global network and how it connects regional economies, its revival is extremely important for Japan's economy as well as for our policy." Transport Minister Seiji Maehara spoke on 29 October, the date on which Japan Airlines confirmed that it would apply for financial assistance from the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation (ETIC), and a month after the troubled carrier first said it would need state aid. The newly formed agency is empowered to buy the debt of Japanese companies in trouble, and has access to up to 17.7bn dollars of government-guaranteed bailout funds.