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Japan Airlines (JL)

JAPAN AIRLINES is an airline headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. It is the flag carrier of Japan and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), as well as Nagoya's Chūbu Centrair International Airport and Osaka's Kansai International Airport. The airline and four of its subsidiaries are members of the Oneworld airline alliance. JAL group companies include Japan Airlines for international and domestic services; JALways for international leisure services; JAL Express for international and domestic low-cost services; Hokkaido Air System, J-Air, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air and Ryukyu Air Commuter for domestic feeder services; and JAL Cargo for cargo and mail services. JAL group 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. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009, the airline group carried over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail. 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 privatized 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. The airline filed for bankruptcy protection on January 19, 2010, after losses of nearly ¥100 billion in a single quarter. Read more →

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Japan Airlines Details

Carrier Code JL
ICAO JAL
Alliance Oneworld
Website Japan Airlines
Callsignn JAPANAIR
Formation date 1951-08-01
Logo size 240
Parent Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan
Company slogan Dream Skyward
Alliance Oneworld
Focus cities * Chubu Centrair International Airport * Fukuoka Airport * New Chitose Airport
Founded 1951-08-01
Headquarter Japan Tokyo Shinagawa, Tokyo
Opening date 1951-10-25
Hub airport Kansai International Airport Narita International Airport Haneda Airport Osaka International Airport
Subsidiaries * Hokkaido Air System * J-Air * JAL Express * Japan Air Commuter * Japan Transocean Air * Ryukyu Air Commuter
Logo Japan Airlines logo.svg
Key people * Kazuo Inamori * Masaru Onishi
Frequent flyer * JAL Mileage Bank * JAL Global Club
Lounge Japan_Airlines%23Sakura_Lounge * Diamond Premier Lounge * JAL First Class Lounge * Sakura Lounge
Commenced 1951-10-25
Parent company Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation of Japan
Destinations 103
Target airport New Chitose Airport Fukuoka Airport Chūbu Centrair International Airport
Hubs * Narita International Airport * Tokyo International Airport * Kansai International Airport * Osaka International Airport
Fleet size 133
Headquarters Japan Tokyo Shinagawa, Tokyo
Airline Japan Airlines Nihon Kōkū 日本航空