If you’re looking to travel Japan using Japan Airlines, one of the many Japanese airlines, here is some information that you might find interesting.

Japan Airlines Corporation (株式会社日本航空, Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Kōkū?) (TYO: 9205), or JAL, is an airline of Japan. It is the largest airline operator in Asia. It is based in Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic services. Its main bases are Tokyo International Airport and Narita International Airport, Tokyo. It has 17,925 employees (as of March 2007).

Two companies operated under the JAL brand: Japan Airlines International (日本航空インターナショナル, Nihon KōkÅ« Intānashonaru?) and Japan Airlines Domestic (日本航空ジャパン, Nihon KōkÅ« Japan?). Japan Airlines Domestic had primary responsibility for JAL’s large network of intra-Japan flights, while JAL International operated both international and trunk domestic flights. On October 1, 2006, Japan Airlines International and Japan Airlines Domestic merged into a single brand, Japan Airlines International. JAL Corporation also owns seven smaller airlines which feed or supplement mainline JAL flights:

• Hokkaido Air System
• JAL Express
• JALways
• J-Air
• Japan Air Commuter
• Japan Asia Airways (to merge into JAL)
• Japan Transocean Air
• Ryukyu Air Commuter

JAL has the largest fleet of Boeing 747s in the world (approximately 64, as of April 2007). JAL flying to Mexico City and São Paulo is one of four Asian airlines to fly to Latin America: the others are Malaysia Airlines, Air China, and Emirates. IATA’s Operational Safety Audit for its safety practices.

(source: wikipedia)