[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1162-E1163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  JAPAN PASSENGER AVIATION AGREEMENTS

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                         HON. ROBERT E. ANDREWS

                             of new jersey

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, June 25, 1996

  Mr. ANDREWS. Mr. Speaker, there is a vast economic potential that 
remains untapped today. This resource could mean millions of dollars 
for many cities and States. It could aid consumers, help tourism, and 
create jobs.
  I'm talking about the untapped potential of passenger aviation 
between Japan and the United States. Currently flights between the two 
countries are restricted by agreements that severely limit the number 
of flights, the cities served, and the carriers that can fly between 
the routes.
  One additional flight per day from Newark to Japan would bring almost 
100,000 additional passengers to the area, with an economic impact of 
almost $700 million a year. There's an easy way to unlock this 
potential. The Clinton administration has the key. All it has to do is 
begin negotiation of a comprehensive new agreement to expand United 
States-Japan aviation service when officials of the two countries meet 
in Washington later this month.

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  Right now, the agenda consists solely of trying to obtain two new 
flights from Osaka, Japan, to Jakarta, Indonesia. Unbelievably, the 
larger issues are not on the agenda--the issues that affect travelers 
in the United States, the people who work in tourism and the people 
whose livelihood depend on the aviation industry.
  Mr. Speaker, now is the time to think of those and renegotiate the 
United States-Japan passenger aviation agreements.

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