Japan Airlines facts for kids
Founded | 1 August 1951 |
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Commenced operations | 25 October 1951 |
Hubs | |
Alliance | Oneworld |
Fleet size | 162 |
Destinations | 92 |
Company slogan | Fly into tomorrow. Dream Skyward. |
Headquarters | Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan |
Website | jal.com |
Japan Airlines is an airline founded in 1951. Its headquarters are in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. The airline and four of its sub-airlines (J-Air, JAL Express, JALways, and Japan Transocean Air) are members of the Oneworld airline alliance. Japan Airlines currently goes to over 90 destinations.
JAL group operations include scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic passenger and cargo services to 220 destinations in 35 countries worldwide. The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2009, the airline group carried over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail. .
History
JAL was established in 1951 and became the national airline of Japan in 1953. After over three decades of service and expansion, the airline was fully privatised in 1987. In 2002, the airline merged with Japan Air System, Japan's third-largest airline and became the sixth largest airline in the world by passengers carried. Japan Airlines is currently an official sponsor of Japan Football Association, Japan national football team, Shimizu S-Pulse and Consadole Sapporo. All Nippon Airways, the largest airline in Japan, is JAL's main competitor.
Images for kids
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A Japan Airlines Douglas DC-6A (named City of Nara) at San Francisco International Airport in March 1954
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JAL's first jet, the Douglas DC-8, named Yoshino, in 1960
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A Tupolev Tu-114 in Aeroflot/JAL livery, used between Japan and Europe via Moscow
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Former Japanese Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita deplanes from a JAL McDonnell Douglas DC-10 while on a state visit to the United States in 1989
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JAL McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1989 to 2002 livery
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A Japan Air System (JAS) Airbus A300-600R with JAL logo on the fuselage
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JAL Boeing 777-300 (JA8941) with special Oneworld livery
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JAL was one of the largest Boeing 747-400 operators (the other being British Airways and Singapore Airlines). The last 747 was retired in early 2011 as part of its restructuring program, ending 41 years of 747 service.
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Japan Airlines headquarters in Shinagawa, Tokyo
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A Japan Airlines McDonnell-Douglas MD-81 in the former "Arc of the Sun" livery and with a Unicef logo
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JAL Boeing 787-8 in the current "tsurumaru" livery at Domodedovo International Airport in Moscow
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A Boeing 727-100 at Tokyo's Haneda Airport in 1964
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JAL Cargo Boeing 747-400BCF just after takeoff from London Heathrow Airport in 2007
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A Douglas DC-8-53 at New York in 1970
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JAL Suite First Class
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JAL Executive Class Seasons Shell Flat seat
See also
In Spanish: Japan Airlines para niños