JALways

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JALways Co.,Ltd. (株式会社JALウェイズ Kabushiki-gaisha JAL Weizu?) is an airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines. It operates more than 200 flights each week, with daily scheduled flights from three airports in Japan to Bangkok, Guam, Honolulu and Kona as well as international scheduled services for Japan Airlines on a wet lease basis. Its main base is Narita International Airport, Tokyo.[1]

Its flight crews are based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and are predominantly American, while its cabin attendants are trained and based in Bangkok, Thailand, and are predominantly Asian. JALways operates independently of JAL, but shares livery and interline benefits: this is primarily to avoid the higher labor costs of JAL's Japanese crews and maintenance. Because JALways operates to resort locations, JALways planes have the word "Reso`cha" (Super Resort Express) on the plane. Also, the flight attendant unifoms have a tropical theme. It is also not uncommon for JALways aircraft to be used on JAL routes, and vice-versa.[citation needed]

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[edit] Code Data

  • IATA Code: JO
  • ICAO Code: JAZ
  • Callsign: JALWAYS

[edit] History

JALways Boeing 747-300
JALways Boeing 747-300

The airline was established on 5 October 1990 and started operations in July 1991. It originally started as a charter airline named Japan Air Charter, and built a relationship as a leasing partner for Japan Airlines. It was given the current name on 1 October 1999 and became an international scheduled airline. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines in March 2001. It has 2,633 employees (at March 2007).[1] Operations began with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Boeing 747 aircraft, but the DC-10s were retired in October 2005. In late 2006, JALways flightcrews were leased to JALCargo to operate freighter flights out of Anchorage, Alaska to destinations in the USA.[citation needed]

JAL Group, in an effort to cut costs, is downsizing the Boeing 747-200 and -300 fleet, with complete retirement of those aircraft expected in 2009. As announced by company press release, JAL Group will transition the company's remaining Boeing 747-400s to JALways beginning in 2007, with completion expected by 2010.[2]

[edit] Destinations

JALways operates to the following cities, some in cooperation with JAL using both carriers aircraft, see here for details:[citation needed]

[edit] Japan

[edit] Oceania

[edit] India

[edit] Southeast Asia

[edit] Hawaii / USA

[edit] Fleet

The JALways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2008):[citation needed]

However, the JALways fleet expands to 11 747-300s and 29 747-400s due to the sharing of aircraft with JAL International and Japan Asia Airways. Those aircraft are:

The 747 fleet operates Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R engines for the 747-300s.


[edit] Previously operated

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 96. 
  2. ^ JAL Press Release (October 2006)

[edit] External links


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