Japan Airlines

By Daniel Williams
ANA leads Asia-Pacific widebody operations post-2025 recovery. Cathay focuses on international routes, while ANA & JAL favor domestic flying.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines is sticking with its forecast of another strong profit in the current fiscal year despite economic headwinds from the Middle East crisis.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines reports that it achieved its sustainability targets for its most recent financial year and is also on track to achieve its longer-term goals.
Aircraft & Propulsion

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines is exploring the use of humanoid robots for ramp operations to address labor shortages and improve productivity.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines and All Nippon Airways have increased their fuel surcharges and have tweaked their formulas for determining the surcharge levels.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
While international capacity for the Chinese market has rebounded, growth has been uneven.
Airports & Networks

By William Moore
Carbon Analysis considers how Japan Airlines Group's recently announced fleet growth plans plans may affect JAL's efficiency over the coming years.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines has set targets for ambitious capacity and earnings growth in a new strategic vision for the group extending through 2035.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas has announced an agreement to divest its stake in Jetstar Japan, which will be rebranded under a new ownership structure.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
Zipair Tokyo has begun operating a Boeing 787-8 with a drag-reducing riblet coating applied to areas of the fuselage.
Airlines & Lessors

By Antoine Fafard
Aircraft utilization across leading Asia-Pacific countries has risen since 2020, although some countries are still below 2019 levels.
AWIN Knowledge Center

By Adrian Schofield
JAL plans a 1% boost in international flights for fiscal 2026, adding new routes, A350-1000s on key destinations, and expanded peak holiday services.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines and the operator of Japan’s Shinkansen bullet train network are collaborating to improve cargo flows from eastern Japan to international destinations.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
While Chinese carriers are cutting capacity to Japan, the two major Japanese airlines are so far not reducing their service to mainland China.
Airlines & Lessors

By Graham Warwick
GoAero eVTOL prize progress; wind farm radar clutter; Archer licenses tiltrotor tech; and JAL expands atmospheric sampling.
Emerging Technologies

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines has expanded its aircraft-based atmospheric observation program known as "Contrail" to its Boeing 787-9 fleet.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
The rapid growth in inbound travel to Japan is showing no signs of easing off, and Japanese outbound demand is also rising, a Japan Airlines executive says.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines is leveraging a new collaboration with Maeve Aerospace to gain early insight into the design of a hybrid-electric regional aircraft.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines Group reported strong net profit growth in the six months through Sept. 30, driven by gains in its full-service carrier operation in particular.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Several major aircraft order deals are on the radar for airlines in the Asia-Pacific region.
Airlines & Lessors

By David Casey
The latest airline route news, featuring network changes, schedule alterations, codeshares and interline agreements.
Airports & Networks

By Adrian Schofield
Japan Airlines has deepened its involvement in a Japanese biofuel project by making a financial investment in the planned production facility.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
Japan Airlines’ (JAL) eVTOL subsidiary, Soracle Corporation, is aiming to begin test flights using Archer Aviation’s Midnight platform over Osaka Bay in 2026.
Advanced Air Mobility

By Chen Chuanren
Greater awareness of Scope 3 emissions trading and stronger government support are among the key takeaways from an eight-month pilot program.
Emerging Technologies