Oneworld member Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that it will grow its Airbus fleet with new orders for 21 A350-900s and its first-ever order for Airbus single aisle aircraft, with a commitment for 11 A321neo aircraft. The additional A350-900s will fly alongside the A350-1000 on international routes, while the A321neo will operate on JAL’s domestic…
Japan Airlines (JAL) has confirmed that it will begin operating its Tokyo Haneda-Doha route from 31 March 2024. The airline first announced its plans to operate this service last July. This new daily service will mark the first direct flight to the Middle East by the Japanese airline. Ticket sales for the 2024 summer schedule…
Preliminary traffic figures for the full calendar year 2023 released by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed robust growth in international passenger demand, underpinned by strong appetite for travel following the removal of the region’s remaining pandemic-related travel restrictions. For the year, the region’s airlines recorded a 161 per cent increase in the…
American Airlines welcomes tentative approval from the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to begin nonstop service between New York’s Kennedy airport (JFK) and Tokyo Haneda airport (HND). American says it will be the only US carrier operating service between JFK and Tokyo, complementing the existing service operated by its joint business partner Japan Airlines…
Japanese low-cost carrier ZIPAIR will add service between Tokyo Narita and Vancouver from March. The Japan Airlines subsidiary will deploy one of its 290-seat Boeing 787-8s on the new route, including lie-flat business class seats. The service will commence on 13 March, initially three times a week. Tokyo was Vancouver’s third-largest point-to-point Asia-Pacific market in…
Tokyo-based Japan Airlines (JAL) has taken delivery of its first A350-1000 from Airbus’ delivery centre in Toulouse, France. The A350-1000 is set to become the oneworld member carrier’s new long-haul flagship aircraft, initially flying on the Tokyo Haneda – New York JFK route, followed by Dallas. JAL’s A350-1000s are configured in four classes – six…
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced that it will commence flying its new Airbus A350-1000 flagship aircraft on the Tokyo (Haneda) – New York (JFK) route from 24 January. Initially, both the A350-1000 and the Boeing 777-300ER it is replacing will serve the JL5/JL6 Haneda-JFK route but once JAL receives a second A350-1000, by March, the…
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