Japan Airline Corp.'s Tuesday filing for bankruptcy finally starts the carrier down the government-led rehabilitation path.
But its business affiliates worry about how JAL's turnaround process will affect them amid the worst postwar industry slump.
"It will undoubtedly be a heavy blow (to our company)," said an official of a Nagoya firm that cleans JAL aircraft blankets, earphones and crew uniforms.
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