| Description | Japan Airlines is the largest airline in Asia.
The Japan Airlines Corporation operates two airline companies under the JAL brand. Japan Airlines International operates a vast international route network centered around its hub at Narita International Airport in Narita, Japan and Kansai International Airport in southern Osaka, Japan. Japan Airlines Domestic is based at Tokyo International Airport in Tokyo and Osaka International Airport in Osaka, and connects Japan’s major cities with jet flights, a market where it competes with All Nippon Airways (its main competitor). JAL also owns eight other airlines: Harlequin Air, Hokkaido Air System, JAL Express, JALways, J-Air, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Asia Airways, and Japan Transocean Air.
Among other distinctions, JAL has the largest fleet of Boeing 747s in the world (approximately 76, at March 2005), and is the only Asian airline that flies to Mexico City. |
