Japan Airlines Domestic

Japan Airlines Domestic

IATA ICAO Callsign JD JFL J-BIRD
Founded	1964
Ceased operations	2006
Hubs	Tokyo International Airport
Headquarters	Tokyo, Japan

Japan Airlines Domestic (日本航空ジャパン, Nihon Kōkū Japan)(IATA: JD, ICAO: JLJ, Call sign: J-BIRD) was an airline based in Tokyo, Japan. It was part of Japan Airlines Corporation and operated an extensive domestic network in Japan. Its main hub was Tokyo International Airport.^[1]

On 1 October 2006, Japan Airlines International and Japan Airlines Domestic merged into a single brand, Japan Airlines International.^[2]

History

The airline was established as Japan Domestic Airlines (JDA) on 15 April 1964 through the merger of three feeder airlines: Nitto Airlines (founded 4 July 1952), Fuji Airlines (founded 13 September 1952) and North Japan Airlines (founded 30 June 1953). On 15 May 1971, JDA and Toa Airways (founded 30 November 1953)merged to become Toa Domestic Airlines, which in turn changed its name to Japan Air System on 1 April 1988. In 2004 the airline then merged with Japan Airlines and changed its name to Japan Airlines Domestic. JDA had 4,362 employees and owned shareholdings in the following airlines: Japan Air Commuter (60%), Hokkaido Air System (51%) and Amakusa Airlines (2%). It also had an alliance with Hainan Airlines.^[1]

Destinations

Japan Airlines Domestic operated services to the following domestic scheduled destinations:^[1] Akita, Amami Ōshima, Aomori, Asahikawa, Fukuoka, Hakodate, Hanamaki, Hiroshima, Izumo, Kagoshima, Kitakyushu, Kochi, Komatsu, Kumamoto, Kushiro, Matsumoto, Matsuyama, Misawa, Miyazaki, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Nanki Shirahama, Niigata, Obihiro, Oita, Okayama, Osaka, Ōzora*, Sapporo, Sendai, Takamatsu, Tokunoshima, Tokushima, Tokyo, Yamaguchi-Ube, and Yamagata.

* Memanbetsu merged into Ōzora in March 2006.

Fleet

As of August 2006 the Japan Airlines Domestic fleet included:^[3]

• 22 Airbus A300-600R
• 7 Boeing 777-200 (plus 1 on order)
• 2 Boeing 777-300
• 13 McDonnell Douglas MD-81
• 8 McDonnell Douglas MD-87
• 16 McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30
• 2 Boeing 737-800 (plus 28 on order)

References

1. 1 2 3 Flight International 5–11 April 2005
2. ↑ Merger
3. ↑ Flight International, 3–9 October 2006

External links

• Japan Airlines

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