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Japan Airlines (JAL)

JAL, or Japan Airlines, is the Japanese flag carrier and the largest airline in the country. The airline offers connections to more than 200 destinations worldwide, even though the majority of their flights are found in Asia. The airline has two major hubs in Tokyo – Haneda and Narita. They are a part of the worldwide alliance Oneworld.

CALLSIGN: JAPANAIR. IATA Code: JL. ICAO Code: JAL

Website: http://www.jal.com/en/

JAL market distribution on each continent.

JAL 30 days of scheduled flights

The graph shows thenumber of scheduled flights per day. The bars are divided between domestic and international flights.

JAL airports

Number of routes on some of the biggest JAL airports.
Most popular flight routesPOPULAR

JAL operates over 210 flight routes. Here are the most popular.

From     To  
HND Tokyo Sapporo CTS  »
FUK Fukuoka Tokyo HND  »
ITM Osaka Tokyo HND  »
OKA Okinawa Tokyo HND  »
HND Tokyo Kumamoto KMJ  »
HND Tokyo Kagoshima KOJ  »
ITM Osaka Kagoshima KOJ  »
ASJ Amami O Shima Kagoshima KOJ  »
FUK Fukuoka Miyazaki KMI  »
HND Tokyo Takamatsu TAK  »
HND Tokyo Hiroshima HIJ  »
ITM Osaka Sendai SDJ  »
HND Tokyo Matsuyama MYJ  »
HND Tokyo Oita OIT  »
HND Tokyo Tokushima TKS  »
HND Tokyo Aomori AOJ  »
HND Tokyo Miyazaki KMI  »
HND Tokyo Nagasaki NGS  »
HND Tokyo Komatsu KMQ  »
HKD Hakodate Sapporo OKD  »
Based on the number of flight departures in June 2024.
JAL Aircrafts

Aircraft models scheduled to fly with JAL.

Aircraft model Flights
Boeing 737-800 (winglets) Passenger/BBJ2 7446
Embraer 170 4340
ATR 42-300 / 320 3099
Embraer 190 2662
Boeing 767-300 Passenger 2453
Airbus A350-900 1970
Boeing 787-8 1932
Boeing 787-9 1234
Boeing 777-300ER 561
Boeing 767-300 (winglets) Passenger 419
ATR 72 233
Airbus A350-1000 62

JAL airports

Sorted by the number of departing flights next month.

Hub JP JAL at HND route map
#1 Tokyo (HND)
7,087 flights
Secondary hub JP JAL at ITM route map
#2 Osaka (ITM)
2,719 flights
Focus city JP JAL at FUK route map
#3 Fukuoka (FUK)
1,424 flights
Focus city JP JAL at CTS route map
#4 Sapporo (CTS)
1,420 flights
JP JAL at KOJ route map
#5 Kagoshima (KOJ)
1,336 flights
Hub JP JAL at NRT route map
#6 Tokyo (NRT)
672 flights
JP JAL at KMI route map
#7 Miyazaki (KMI)
558 flights
JP JAL at OKD route map
#8 Sapporo (OKD)
540 flights
Focus city JP JAL at OKA route map
#9 Okinawa (OKA)
523 flights
JP JAL at ASJ route map
#10 Amami O Shima (ASJ)
469 flights
JP JAL at SDJ route map
#11 Sendai (SDJ)
434 flights
JP JAL at AOJ route map
#12 Aomori (AOJ)
403 flights

An airline hub is an airport where the airline has a heavy presence and normally some kind of headquarters. On the other hand, a focus city is a destination where the airline operates limited point-to-point routes. In these cities, the airline doesn’t necessarily need to have an office (even though this sometimes is the case). Many low-cost airlines don't use the definition 'hub' but instead define their main airports of operations as an operating base.