Japan Airlines

flag-carrier airline of Japan
Organization airline Q213140
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Summary

Japan Airlines is an airline[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of airline entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,111 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: JAL Group[3]
  • Country: Japan[4]
  • Instance of: public company[5]
  • Airline hub: Tokyo International Airport[6], Kansai International Airport[7], Narita International Airport[8], Osaka International Airport[9]
  • Airline alliance: Oneworld[10]
  • Item operated: Boeing 767[11], Boeing 777[12], Boeing 787 Dreamliner[13], Boeing 737 Next Generation[14], Japan Airlines fleet[15], Airbus A350[16], Martin 2-0-2[17]
  • Follows: Japan Airlines Transportation Institute[18]
  • Headquarters location: Higashi-Shinagawa[19]
  • Chief executive officer: Mitsuko Tottori[20]
  • Has organizational division: J-Air[21], Japan Air Commuter[22], Japan Transocean Air[23], Ryukyu Air Commuter[24], Hokkaido Air System[25]
  • IATA airline designator: JL[26]
  • ICAO airline designator: JAL[27]
  • Location: Ginza[28], Marunouchi[29]
  • Child organization or unit: J-Air[30], Japan Transocean Air[31], Japan Air Commuter[32], Ryukyu Air Commuter[33], ZIPAIR Tokyo[34], Hokkaido Air System[35]
  • Commons category: Japan Airlines[36]
  • Stock exchange: Tokyo Stock Exchange[37]
  • Industry: aviation[38]
  • Inception: August 1, 1951[39]
  • Location of formation: Tokyo[40]
  • Significant event: Japan Air Lines Flight 301[41], Japan Airlines Flight 108[42], 1966 Japan Airlines Convair 880 crash[43], Japan Airlines Flight 2[44], Japan Airlines Flight 471[45], Japan Airlines Flight 472 (1972)[46], Japan Airlines Flight 446[47], Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1045[48], Japan Airlines Flight 715[49], Japan Air Lines Flight 115[50], Japan Air Lines Flight 350[51], Japan Air Lines Flight 123[52], Japan Airlines Flight 706[53], 2001 Japan Airlines mid-air incident[54]
  • Official website: https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/[55], https://www.jal.co.jp/jp/en/[56]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Japan Airlines[57]
  • Commons gallery: Japan Airlines[58]
  • Replaces: Japan Air System[59], JAL Express[60]

Why It Matters

Japan Airlines has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[61] It is known by 47 alternative names across languages and contexts.[62]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . oneworld.com. oneworld.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . jal.co.jp. jal.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . jal.co.jp. jal.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [13] ↑ . jal.co.jp. jal.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . jal.co.jp. jal.co.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [19] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [21] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [22] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [23] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [24] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [28] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [29] ↑ . web.archive.org. web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [37] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . jal.com. jal.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  51. [53] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  53. [55] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [61] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [62] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 8d ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 62
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  2. 5w ago · ならちゃん · 2026-09-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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