Japan Airlines
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Japan Airlines to get $1.1 billion in bailout cashNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Japan Airlines Corp. will receive up to $1.1 billion in emergency loans from the state-run Development Bank of Japan, the Associated Press reported Tuesday, citing an unnamed source. The news service said the... In this article: Japan Airlines, Fiscal year, Development Bank, MarketWatch, NEW YORK, Japan, U.S., and Associated Press |
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Times Online | 2 days ago
Emergency loan averts Japan Airlines failure
Navigation - link to other main sections from here Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia's biggest carrier, was today dragged back from the brink of financial collapse by a Y100 billion (GBP680 million) emergency bridging loan from a state-backed...
In this article: Bankruptcy, Mitsui, ANA, All Nippon Airways, Japan, and Asia
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BBC News | 2 days ago
Japan Airlines secures bail-out
Japan Airlines secures more government aid The airline is struggling with $15bn of debts Japan Airlines has announced it has secured government approval for a loan that will allow it to continue flying. This is the fourth time the...
In this article: Development Bank, Mitsui & Co, Delta Air Lines, and Japan
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AP Online | 2 days ago
Ailing Japan Airlines to receive emergency loans
TOKYO (AP) - Japan Airlines said Tuesday it obtained government approval to receive up to $1.1 billion in emergency loans aimed at preventing the money-losing company from grounding flights. JAL signed an agreement with the state-run...
In this article: Development Bank, American Airlines, Continuance, Fiscal year, Bankruptcy, Delta Air Lines, Japan, and Asia
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AP Online | November 13, 2009
Japan Airlines posts $1.5 billion first-half loss
TOKYO (AP) - Struggling carrier Japan Airlines said Friday it racked up $1.5 billion in losses during the first half and applied for government help to restructure. Japan Airlines Corp., Asia's biggest carrier by revenues, said details of...
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WSJ.com: Markets | 2 days ago
Asian Stocks: Shanghai Falls 3.5%
...Financial Group shedding 4.4%. Japan Airlines touched an all-time low during the session after trading house Mitsui sold its entire stake in the company amid uncertainty over the airline's restructuring plans. The stock ended 8.4% lower in...
In this article: Shanghai, Deflation, Mitsui, Mizuho Securities, New York Mercantile Exchange, The Fed, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and Beijing
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AP Online | November 18, 2009
Delta, SkyTeam offer $1 billion to Japan Airlines
...American Airlines. Delta is "by far the strongest partner for Japan Airlines," company president Edward Bastian told reporters in Tokyo, escalating the tug-of-war for a minority stake in Japan's flagship carrier. The offer from Delta...
In this article: Delta, American Airlines, Revenue, Tokyo, Japan, and Asia
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CNN | August 23, 2009
'Green goo' biofuel gets a boost
...Royal Dutch Shell. The airline industry, plagued by high jet-fuel prices, is also investing and testing, with players including Boeing, GE Aviation, Virgin Atlantic, Japan Airlines and Continental Airlines, among others. (Algae fuel has...
In this article: Biofuel, ExxonMobil, Carbon dioxide, Fossil fuel, J.B. Hunt, Chevron, Coal, and Endangered species
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BBC News | November 17, 2009
Delta offers Japan Airlines $1bn
Delta offers Japan Airlines $1bn JAL is struggling with large debts Struggling Japan Airlines (JAL) has been offered a $1bn (GBP600m) financial lifeline from the Sky Team grouping of airlines, led by Delta Air Lines. Delta said the funds...
In this article: Delta Air Lines, Japan, American Airlines, NATO, Afghanistan, and US
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Ft. Worth Star-Telegram | 7 days ago
SkyTeam offers JAL $1 billion in incentives to switch
Staff and wire reports Delta Air Lines and its SkyTeam alliance partners have offered up to $1 billion in incentives to lure Japan Airlines away from the Oneworld group led by Fort Worth-based American Airlines. SkyTeam airlines may...
In this article: Delta Air Lines, American Airlines, Oneworld, Tokyo, Revenue, Fort Worth, Bankruptcy, Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd., and British Airways Plc
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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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