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Yesterday, February 28, Japan Airlines (JAL) officially unveiled a brand new Boeing 767-300ER painted with the airline’s latest crane livery at its maintenance center in Tokyo, Haneda. This is the first aircraft in its fleet to bear the new representation of the airline company. The change in logo was announced last month on January 19, alongside the Group’s new philosophy and corporate policy which underscore the company’s re-commitment to provide the highest levels of service to customers and to raise its corporate value in order to contribute to the advancement of society.

At JAL’s monthly press conference, which was also held yesterday at the maintenance center at 10.00am, JAL announced operating profits of 7.3 billion yen on a consolidated basis for the month of January, and a total of 165.9 billion yen for the period from April 2010 to January 2011. Following the conference, media in attendance were invited to the hangar where JAL Group President Masaru Onishi unveiled the new 767-300ER spotting the red circular crane that will from hence be the symbol of JAL.
“The significance of adopting this new motif after a year since we entered the corporate reorganization proceedings in January 2010 is to mark the rebirth of Japan Airlines,” said Onishi. “Possessing again, the pioneer spirit like staff members at the time of JAL’s founding, we will take on the challenges ahead as we resolve to continue serving customers with swift responses and hospitality from the heart.”

The aircraft will be inaugurated as a scheduled international flight to Beijing from Tokyo (Haneda) on March 2, 2011. Its first flight however, took off yesterday afternoon as a commemorative flight from Haneda to Kushiro in Northern Hokkaido where actual red-crowned cranes can be seen in winter. This flight was part of a special one-day tour organized in collaboration with JAL Tours to mark the occasion, and included a visit to one of Kushiro’s several crane sanctuaries.

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To commemorate the joint business between Japan Airlines (JAL) and American Airlines (American) that will begin from April 1, 2011, JALPAK worked with both airlines to develop the “Japan Airlines/American Airlines Joint Special Package Tour” – a series of outbound Japan tours to the United States combining the use of both airlines. Sales (in Japan-region only) will begin from February 17, 2011 at 2 pm (Japan standard time).

Departures from Japan must be between April 1, 2011 and September 30, 2011 inclusive, and must include at least one international segment on Japan Airlines and American Airlines each. The use of both airlines brings more flight choices to customers. For instance, customers visiting Chicago, New York and Los Angeles now have more than one flight a day to choose from as JAL and American both serve these destinations at timings spaced apart as a result of their closer coordination. Customers can also experience and enjoy the convenience of using the nearest international airport terminal to downtown Tokyo on both ways of their trip if they choose the tour of 2 cities – Las Vegas and New York. These tours utilize JAL’s flight from Haneda to San Francisco for connection to Las Vegas and then to New York on American. Then, on the return, customers can fly with American on the latest route which will be launched this weekend on February 18 from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) to Tokyo (Haneda).

Customers wanting to visit Walt Disney World in Orlando can now return to Japan via Dallas/Fort Worth on an American flight that departs at a later schedule, extending their time in Orlando. Special rates for these tours have been set to celebrate the airlines’ new joint business agreement which brings greater benefits to customers and business opportunities to the companies.

Japan Airlines/American Airlines Joint Special Package Tour

A comprehensive offering of JAL and American’s combined network
Choose any course and experience JAL and American’s in-flight services on a single roundtrip journey
Select tours include the option of using American’s latest Haneda = New York route which will begin on February 18 from New York and February 20, 2011 from Tokyo (Haneda).

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