Japan Airlines
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Haneda-Beijing route opens...the last few years to open routes with Seoul, Shanghai and Hong Kong. This spring, Japan and China agreed that Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and Air China would operate daily Haneda-Beijing flights using Haneda's charter flight slots. In this article: Beijing, Narita airport, Tokyo, Air China, All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, Shanghai, Seoul, and Hong Kong |
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PR Newswire | September 04, 2007
Dragonair to Join oneworld on Nov. 1
...more than 110,000 travel agents in 200 countries. Besides Cathay Pacific and Dragonair, Hong Kong is served by oneworld partners British Airways, Finnair, Qantas and Japan Airlines. The alliance's existing airlines serve nine points in...
In this article: Dragonair, Cathay Pacific Airways, Hong Kong, Kota Kinabalu, Phuket, Finnair, Royal Jordanian Airlines, and Malev Hungarian Airlines
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The Japan Times: All Stories | January 10, 2009
JAL hijacker's son to enter Japan
...Japan BEIJING (Kyodo) The 14-year-old son of one of the nine Japanese men who hijacked a Japan Airlines airliner and defected to North Korea in 1970 will come to Japan this week, the last of the hijackers' offspring to move here. The boy...
In this article: Japan, North Korea, Beijing, and Pyongyang
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Kyodo - politics | June 13, 2008
N. Korea to probe into abduction issue
...Komura said Friday. Pyongyang will also cooperate in handing over a group of Japanese hijackers, who have remained in North Korea since commandeering a Japan Airlines plane in 1970, according to Komura. His remarks to reporters in...
In this article: North Korea, Masahiko Komura, Japan, Nobutaka Machimura, Tokyo, Pyongyang, Korea, and Beijing
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CNN | October 25, 2007
China to India: Can't get there from here
...before the next best connection via Singapore. Japanese media report that as of Oct 28, Japan Airlines will begin operating daily flights between Tokyo and Delhi, up from four flights a week now. My guess is that these new connections will do...
In this article: India, Cnnmoney.com, Mumbai, Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, China, Hong Kong, and Asia
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JAL cuts summer international flights
...summer international flights Japan Airlines Corp. will reduce flights on eight international routes this summer to deal with the drop in demand stemming from the global economic slump and swine flu pandemic. JAL plans to reduce flights on...
In this article: Shanghai, Seoul, All Nippon Airways Co., Japan Airlines Corp., Osaka, Narita International Airport, Kansai International Airport, Delhi, and Tokyo
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Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd. (JAL), is the flag carrier of Japan, with its headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The airline's main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport, as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport. The airline also operates fifth freedom flights from New York and Vancouver. The JAL Group's operations include scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic passenger and cargo services to 220 destinations in 35 countries worldwide, including codeshares. The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft, consists of only Boeing aircraft for its long-haul operations; and Airbus, Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft for its short-haul operations. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, the airline group carrying over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail.
JAL was established on August 1, 1951 and began domestic operations on October 25 with a Northwest Airlines' Martin 2-0-2. On August 1, 1953, the airline became a stated-owned airline of Japan and began its first international services with a Douglas DC-6B, named City of Tokyo, from Tokyo to San Francisco on February 2, 1954. After over three decades of service and expansion, the airline was fully privatized on November 18, 1987. In 2002, Japan Airlines merged with Japan Air System, Japan's third-largest airline and became the sixth largest airline in the world by passengers carried.
- Name:
- 日本航空
- Headquarters:
- Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
- Founding Date:
- August 01, 1951
- Key People:
- Haruka Nishimatsu
- Parent Company:
- Japan Airlines Corporation
- Subsidiaries:
- Motto:
- Dream Skyward
- Callsign:
- JAPAN AIR
- Focus City:
- * Fukuoka Airport
- Destinations:
- 103
- ICAO Designation:
- JAL
- IATA Designation:
- JL
- Frequent Flier Program:
- JAL Mileage Bank
- Alliances:
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- * Oneworld (passenger)
- * WOW (cargo)
- Size:
- 195 (+57 orders, 20 options)
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