JAL New JAL business class meal on SE Asia flights: "Samurai Zen”-inspired Japanese meal. Image from Japan Airlines Japan Airlines (JAL) will enhance the business class meals on its Southeast Asia flights from April 1 2010. If you are flying from Japan to Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok, Jakarta, Bali or New Delhi, you will be the lucky ones
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New JMB Diamond and JGC Premier benefit
March 28, 2010
New JMB Diamond and JGC Premier benefit
Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced a new benefit for its top tier frequent flyers. From April 1 2010, JMB Diamond and JGC Premier members can reserve JAL domestic award tickets two weeks before other members. That means they can reserve JAL domestic award tickets 2.5 months in advance instead of 2. Details of this new benefit can be
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JAL restructuring update
March 28, 2010
JAL restructuring update
It's end of March and Japan Airlines (JAL) only have 3 more months to finalize their restructuring plan. Here are a few updates on JAL restructuring progress.
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Fly On Points Bonus update
March 25, 2010
Fly On Points Bonus update
Japan Airlines (JAL) finally got back to me yesterday regarding whether booking class 'X' qualifies for the 400 Fly On Point (FOP) bonus. It took JAL two weeks to confirm this as they were confused themselves about this change. And as expected, the new business booking class does qualify for this bonus. So below is the JAL Mileage
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JAL to suspend employee travel benefits? Ouch!
March 25, 2010
JAL to suspend employee travel benefits? Ouch!
According to jiji.com (in Japanese), Japan Airlines (JAL) is looking into suspending such benefits in fiscal year 2010 and they might revise the system later on! So how many free/discounted tickets JAL employees get?
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JAL expand codeshare agreement with British Airways
March 25, 2010
JAL expand codeshare agreement with British Airways
(The new JAL and BA code sharing network. Routes in red are the new additions. The only misleading information here is JAL doesn't fly over the Atlantic to London :P. Source: JAL Press Release) British Airways (BA) delivers first part its promise to Japan Airlines (JAL) made during the Delta fist fight. JAL and BA announced today that
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Goodbye! JAL Cargo freighter
March 25, 2010
Goodbye! JAL Cargo freighter
Japan Airlines has announced changes to its cargo business. After October 2010, JAL will no longer operate freighter flights and will solely depend on its passenger flights for its cargo transportation.
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JAL "lowers" business saver fare to US and Europe
March 24, 2010
JAL "lowers" business saver fare to US and Europe
Japan Airlines has issued a press release (in Japanese) regarding 28 day advance purchase business saver fare...Starting April 1 2010, the weekday fare will be lowered by 5,000 yen! So how much will you save if you wait till this price cut kicks in?
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JAL expands code sharing agreement with Jetstar
March 24, 2010
JAL expands code sharing agreement with Jetstar
Japan Airlines has reached an agreement with Jetstar (JQ) to expand their existing code sharing deal to include the Kansai - Cairns service operated by JQ from April 1 2010
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JL1662 delayed due to accident...a car accident
March 23, 2010
JL1662 delayed due to accident...a car accident
There is a delay on Japan Airlines flight 1662 from Izumo to Haneda on March 23 2010. So why is it delayed? Isn't JAL the most on-time airline :P Well, this time the delay is caused by a car accident that JAL has little control over. I know what you are thinking. No the car did not hit
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JAL to cut contract cabin attendant salary
March 22, 2010
JAL to cut contract cabin attendant salary
Yet another cost cutting measure from Japan Airlines. In order to lower its fixed cost, JAL plans to reduce its contract workers', mainly cabin attendants', salaries by 3%.
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Incident: Hydraulics leak on JL1600
March 22, 2010
Incident: Hydraulics leak on JL1600
According to Aviation Herald, there was an incident involving a Japan Airlines airbus 300-600 on March 21 2010. There was a hydraulics leak shortly after takeoff and the plane returned to the airport safely 30 minutes after takeoff.
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November 2009 Trip Report Part VI - Sakura Lounge at Narita
March 21, 2010
November 2009 Trip Report Part VI - Sakura Lounge at Narita
JAL First Class Lounge and Sakura Lounge at Tokyo Narita Sorry i haven't been posting the trip reports lately. It's March now and I am still writing about my November trip! Well, I have been busy and Japan Airlines filing for bankruptcy didn't help either. Anyways, here's my report on the Sakura Lounge. I actually took the picture
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HA! ANA is feeling the pain too
March 19, 2010
HA! ANA is feeling the pain too
All Nippon Airways has announced its fiscal year 2010-2011 corporate strategy and revised its earning forecast today. This can be summarized in one sentence: ANA's loss has widened due to increased competitions and they will restructure and downsize too! Looks like Japan Airlines' recent promotions are seeing some positive effects (from JAL's point of view of course, this
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JL657: Where is the runway?
March 18, 2010
JL657: Where is the runway?
There was an unacceptable incident involving a Japan Airlines 767-300 at Kaohsiung Airport on March 6 2010. The JAL pilots had to go around because the airport forgot to turn on the runway lights!
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JAL extends early retirement program to pilots
March 17, 2010
JAL extends early retirement program to pilots
Nikkei reports that Japan Airlines has extended its early retirement program to its pilots. Around 2,300 pilots are now qualified for early retirement.
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JAL restructuring updates
March 17, 2010
JAL restructuring updates
It has been almost two months since Japan Airlines filing for bankruptcy protection. The new JAL CEO Kazuo Inamori and COO Masaru Onishi held a joint press conference in Tokyo today to update the press of their restructuring plan. They answered the question in a lot of people's mind including when will JAL become profitable again, when will
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JAL Global Club challenge
March 16, 2010
JAL Global Club challenge
No this is not the kind of challenge on AA in which you only have a fast track to attain your status. Since Japan Airlines announced the changes in JAL Global Club (JGC), a number of people have asked me similar questions: What is the cheapest way to obtain JGC. So I have started a thread on FlyerTalk
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Koito executives step down and president take pay cut
March 15, 2010
Koito executives step down and president take pay cut
The largest Japanese aircraft seats manufacturer Koito, who faked test data of its seats, said 3 executives will step down and its president will take a 30% pay cut for 6 months. They have submitted their plan to MLIT and intends to complete the first phase of safety check by end of May.
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More booking class and Fly On Points bonus updates
March 13, 2010
More booking class and Fly On Points bonus updates
Talk about being sneaky! Japan Airlines has updated its previous announcement no booking class/JMB miles accumulation rate changes and the Fly On Point (FOP) bonus campaign page without publishing it on the front page (at least I didn't see it). I only found out about the changes when I looked at the new JAL ex-US fares from April
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JAL wants to sell off 49 old planes ahead of schedule (Updated)
March 13, 2010
JAL wants to sell off 49 old planes ahead of schedule (Updated)
JA8921 as JL736 at HKG on 2009-12-31. Probably my last JAL 744 flight (Update: It should be JAL is phasing out 20% of its fleet instead of 2% in the 3rd paragraph. This is what happens when you didn't sleep and blogged at 6am :P) Japan Airlines has approached a foreign company and wants to sell off 49
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JAL to shut down Osaka and Fukuoka cabin attendant bases
March 12, 2010
JAL to shut down Osaka and Fukuoka cabin attendant bases
Reports surfaced yesterday that Japan Airlines will shut down its cabin attendant bases in Osaka and Fukuoka at the end of June as part of the restructuring. JAL has started informing the affected cabin attendants about this idea.
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JAL advice ex-BKK passengers to arrive early for check-in
March 12, 2010
JAL advice ex-BKK passengers to arrive early for check-in
You might have heard there is an anti-government demonstration in Thailand right now. Japan Airlines is expecting normal flight operations but has advised passengers departing from BKK to arrive extra early to check-in. This is to avoid traffic congestion and crowd at security check. The demonstration is expected to last till March 23. You can find the notice
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China Eastern will continue to double dip both JAL and ANA
March 11, 2010
China Eastern will continue to double dip both JAL and ANA
China Eastern Airlines (MU) currently is a partner of both Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways. There are speculations recently that MU will end its partnership with one of them but their president has denied such speculation.
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Which companies the Japanese graduates want to work for?
March 11, 2010
Which companies the Japanese graduates want to work for?
There's a survey about the most popular corporation among college graduates done every year. And the results for 2011 Spring graduates are released. Last year Japan Airlines was the 5th most popular company among the Arts graduates. So how low has JAL drop in the ranking this year? Any guess???
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More details on JAL Compliance Investigations Committee
March 10, 2010
More details on JAL Compliance Investigations Committee
Japan Airlines has previous announced that they will form a compliance investigations committee to probe into their previous business practice. Today JAL has announced more details including contact information of the committee in case you want to report any misconduct
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JAL is the most on-time airline in 2009!
March 10, 2010
JAL is the most on-time airline in 2009!
Frobes released its 2009 top 10 most on-time airlines a few weeks ago. Japan Airlines beats all of other carriers and scores the highest on-time percentage in 2009! Congratulations!
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Temporary service suspension of Tokyo Monorail on April 10
March 09, 2010
Temporary service suspension of Tokyo Monorail on April 10
Both Japan Airlines and Tokyo Monorail has put up a notice regarding temporary service suspension on April 10 2010. So if you are flying out of/into Haneda on that day, you should be aware of this.
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JAL extends early retirement scheme to other employees
March 09, 2010
JAL extends early retirement scheme to other employees
A week ago Japan Airlines approached 400 senior managers for possible early retirement. Now JAL has extended this to other employees including maintenance, cabin attendants and ground staff.
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ALL JAL Global Club members will be awarded at least Oneworld Sapphire status
March 08, 2010
ALL JAL Global Club members will be awarded at least Oneworld Sapphire status
JAL Global Club non-elite member status from April 1 2010. Picture by Japan Airlines. Japan Airlines has announced the modifications to the Oneworld elite status of the JAL Global Club (JGC) members from April 1. ALL JGC members will get at least OW Sapphire status. Yes! Even those who did not take any flight in the previous year!
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How did JAL decorate the Doraemon Jet?
March 08, 2010
How did JAL decorate the Doraemon Jet?
Step 4: Peel off the stickers. Picture by Japan Airlines You should know Japan Airlines has a Doraemon Jet by now. So how did JAL decorate the aircraft? No JAL did not paint the Doaremon characters on the aircraft. Instead, they use stickers! JAL has updated the Doraemon special site show you the process. Also, JAL added a
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Let the trash talking begin
March 07, 2010
Let the trash talking begin
The US carriers submitted their bids for the 4 precious Haneda slots few weeks ago. So what are their next move? Trash talk at each other LOL. They now start attacking each other and hope to swing the public opinions :P
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Free advertising for JAL
March 05, 2010
Free advertising for JAL
Shimizu S-Pulse is the J. League Division 1 soccer club Japan Airlines has been sponsoring since 1992. JAL continued to support the team when they were in some kind of financial trouble. Now the table has turned and JAL is bankrupt. As a way to thank JAL for their long time support, the soccer club has decided to
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JAL considers moving headquarter to Haneda
March 05, 2010
JAL considers moving headquarter to Haneda
As part of the cost reduction, Japan Airlines is considering to move its headquarter from Shinagawa to Haneda. This idea has been floating around since January and FNN news once again report this today
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JAL code share service details with FDA
March 04, 2010
JAL code share service details with FDA
Japan Airlines has posted more service details of the code share flights operated by Fuji Dream Airlines. Most of the service will be the same as other code share flights except for lounge access and inflight magazine.
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JAL Hina Matsuri flight took off (Update 1)
March 03, 2010
JAL Hina Matsuri flight took off (Update 1)
(Update: Added video report of the flight in Japanese) As reported earlier, Japan Airlines is organizing a special flight to celebrate Hina Matsuri, aka Girls' Day or Doll Festival. Jiji.com has a picture taken at the departure gate. Is it just me, they looked much happier last year.
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2010 JAL Scholarship Program
March 03, 2010
2010 JAL Scholarship Program
It's this time of the year again. 2010 JAL Scholarship Program is accepting applications. This year's theme is "Tourism and cross-cultural understanding". Selected recipients will be awarded an all included 17-day trip to Tokyo and participated in this cultural exchange program.
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April 2010 movie list on JAL flights
March 02, 2010
April 2010 movie list on JAL flights
April movie list on Japan Airlines international flights is up! The only repeat this month is "Up In the Air" (aka AA commercial LOL). Features include "Avator" (probably in 2D only sorry), "Sherlock Holmes", "Nine", "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" (late Heath Ledger's last movie), etc. Below are the list of movies available on MAGIC-I and II.
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JAL plans to cut 5% workforce through early retirement
March 02, 2010
JAL plans to cut 5% workforce through early retirement
According to Nikkei, Japan Airlines plans to cut 2,700 positions, roughly equals to 5% of its workforce, through early retirement scheme. First target group? Flight crew and ground staff managers.
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JAL ends merger talk with NYK
March 01, 2010
JAL ends merger talk with NYK
Back in January, there were reports saying the merger talk between Japan Airlines and NYK's cargo operations (NCA) had hit some major obstacles. Today, JAL issued a press release saying they have ended the negotiations.
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