Japan Airlines
flag-carrier airline of Japan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空) is the flag carrier of Japan. 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. [6]
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Japan Airlines began on August 1, 1951. In 1954, it started international flights. It bought its first jet aircraft in 1968, the Douglas DC-8. Japan Air System merged with Japan Airlines in 2002. In 2007, it joined the Oneworld alliance. In January 2010, Japan Airlines declared bankruptcy. [7] British Airways and Qantas helped the airline pay off debts. [8] It finally got out of bankruptcy in April 2011. [9]
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