The new cabins of 2024 — and what they will tell us about aviation
Business and first class remain the linchpin of most full service airlines’ revenues, and 2024 looks set to offer a fascinating mixture of n... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Japan Airlines
JAL516 reflections and a visit to the Airbus Safety Promotion Center
On a mountain ridge west of Tokyo, in rural Gunma prefecture, sits a shrine dedicated to the 520 lives lost in the crash of Japan Airlines f... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airbus statement on Flight JAL516
Airbus regrets to confirm that an A350-900 operated by Japan Airlines was involved in an accident during flight JAL516 from Sapporo New Chit... Continue Reading
JAL First Class Lounge at Haneda brings the nostalgia and charm
Japan Airlines (JAL) may not trace its history back to the flying boat era, but in the last 70 years it has established itself as one of the... Continue Reading
JAL A350 interiors supply chain issues raise spectre of delays in 2024
TOULOUSE — As Japan Airlines’ (JAL) first Airbus A350-1000 waggled its wings on takeoff from Blagnac en route to Tokyo, the airline’s execut... Continue Reading
JAL’s new flagship A350-1000 astounds with aesthetics and space
TOULOUSE — It sounds cliché to say that a new airline cabin is hard to capture in media images, and that it really pops when you experience ... Continue Reading
JAL first class continues to shine despite delayed hard product
To say that Runway Girl Network is excited about Japan Airlines’ (JAL) forthcoming new first class product is an understatement. Featu... Continue Reading
Japan Airlines reveals stunning A350-1000 interiors but delays launch
Japan Airlines (JAL) has unveiled stunning new interiors for its new 239-passenger Airbus A350-1000 twinjets, including new first, business ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Intelsat to deliver 2Ku connectivity upgrade to JAL
Intelsat, operator of the world’s largest integrated satellite and terrestrial network and leading provider of Inflight Connectivity (IFC) s... Continue Reading
JAL 787: cushy for longhaul economy but could use soft tweaks
After nearly three years of being largely closed off to outsiders and tourists, Japan is open. And so, I immediately pounced on a trip that ... Continue Reading
Meeting the needs of the premium leisure traveller: in the cabin
The premium leisure traveller has demands beyond those that airlines designed their pre-Covid business class hard and soft product to meet. ... Continue Reading
JAL first class provides a masterclass in premium PaxEx
Flying between Europe and Japan is strange at the moment. With the reciprocal travel bans over Russia after its latest invasion of Ukraine i... Continue Reading
Japan Airlines extends free Internet to E190s as 2Ku equipage begins
Having long vowed to offer complimentary Internet browsing to passengers, Delta Air Lines this week signaled it is ready to make good on its... Continue Reading
Press Release: Japan Airlines unit picks Spafax as full-service IFE partner
Global entertainment and media agency Spafax announced today that it has been selected as Japan Airlines’ inflight entertainment (IFE) provi... Continue Reading
Press Release: oneworld members to buy SAF from Gevo
Members of the oneworld® Alliance plan to purchase up to 200 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel per year from Colorado-based renew... Continue Reading