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 E: Japan Air Lines
JAL does not yet have the capability to do reactive re-scheduling during the month of an operating schedule, but is working on it.
JAL also claims that schedules are now better with fewer mistakes (actually claiming no mistakes at all after a monthly schedule has been accepted).
JAL is also working on an aircraft cargo routing system (traveling salesman type problem), and on a career path system for flight crew members (i.e., tracking career milestones, etc.).
www.wtec.org /loyola/kb/ae_japan.htm   (730 words)

  
 Japan Airlines : Japan Air Lines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Airlines spent a great deal of the 1980's performing special flights, for such people or groups as the Crown Prince of Japan and the Princess, Pope John Paul II, and various Japanese prime ministers.
Japan Airlines during that decade also began to be more promotionally noticed, with plane models[?] and other promotional items of them being produced in mass proportions.
Japan Airlines adquired Boeing 777's during that decade, and it was named the official airline of the Sydney Olympic Games.
www.eurofreehost.com /ja/Japan_Air_Lines_2.html   (353 words)

  
 Japan Air Lines Co., Ltd. --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Air Lines was at first a domestic carrier, but it became an international airline in…;
Under the Japanese government's strict regulation of civil aviation, All Nippon Airways was basically restricted to carrying passengers and freight on Japan's major domestic routes, while Japan Air Lines basically monopolized the...
Located at the western edge of the Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan is bounded by Japan and the Russian island of Sakhalin to the east and by Russia and North and South Korea on the Asian mainland to the west.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9043356?tocId=9043356&query=air   (858 words)

  
 LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL: BUSINESS: Japan Air Lines officially suspends Las Vegas fli...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Air Canada could help boost the number of Canadians coming to Las Vegas, the largest segment of international visitors, with Thursday's launch of nonstop service between Las Vegas and Vancouver, British Columbia, and Calgary, Alberta.
JAL initiated service in October 1998, shortly after Northwest Airlines started the first regularly scheduled flights from Tokyo to Las Vegas.
Earlier this year, Northwest left the market, but JAL hung in even though it was losing money, "a tribute to their commitment to Las Vegas," said Harry Kassap, administrator of market development at McCarran International Airport.
www.lvrj.com /lvrj_home/2001/Oct-27-Sat-2001/business/17320168.html   (489 words)

  
 Airliners.net Articles: The Might-Have-Beens: Convair 880 and 990
Japan Air Lines 880M JA8023 (msn 59) "Kaede".
Delta Air Lines was the first airline to take delivery of an 880, the airline’s first ship setting a transcontinental speed record on its San Diego-to-Miami delivery flight on February 10, 1960.
Delta Air Lines retired its 880 fleet during 1973 (in trade to Boeing on new 727-200s) while TWA operated its 880s through 1974.
www.airliners.net /articles/read.main?id=67   (2508 words)

  
 MUFOR: Japan Air Lines flight 1628 - UFO Evidence   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Summary: In the late afternoon of November 17, 1986, Japan Air Lines flight 1628, a Boeing 747 with a crew of three, was nearing the end of a trip from Iceland to Anchorage, Alaska.
In the late afternoon of November 17, 1986, Japan Air Lines flight 1628, a Boeing 747 with a crew of three, was nearing the end of a trip from Iceland to Anchorage, Alaska.
As the airplane passed over Eielson Air Force Base, near Fairbanks, the captain said he noticed, looming behind his airplane, the dark silhouette of a gigantic "mothership" larger than two aircraft carriers.
www.ufoevidence.org /documents/doc1327.htm   (728 words)

  
 Honolulu Star-Bulletin Business
Japan Airlines, Asia's largest airline, will celebrate its 50th anniversary of providing international service from Tokyo to Honolulu tomorrow with commemorative flights and receptions in the state and overseas.
JAL President Seijiro Yanagita and other dignitaries were greeted by the May Day court upon arrival in Honolulu.
Although visitor numbers from Japan are still far from their highs of more than 2 million a year, Kimura said he and others in the industry are buoyed that the latest tourism numbers released by the state Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism show an upswing for the last six months of 2003.
starbulletin.com /2004/02/01/business/story2.html   (339 words)

  
 Japan Transocean Air -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Transocean Air (日本トランスオーシャン航空 Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū or JTA) is an (A commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers) airline subsidiary of (Click link for more info and facts about Japan Airlines) Japan Airlines.
The airline was originally known as Southwest Air Lines (南西航空 Nansei Kōkū), and flew Convair 240s until the new capital infusion from JAL allowed it to upgrade to (Click link for more info and facts about NAMC YS-11) NAMC YS-11s, and eventually (Click link for more info and facts about Boeing 737) Boeing 737s.
The Japan Transocean Air fleet consists of 15 (Click link for more info and facts about Boeing 737-400) Boeing 737-400 aircraft (at March 2005).
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ja/japan_transocean_air.htm   (263 words)

  
 Fodor's Travel Guides | Forums Messages
I could also fly JAL through Tokyo, and then back non-stop from Osaka, but it is quite a bit more money.
Also, Air Canada is part of Star Alliance so you can earn UA miles if you like, while you can earn AA miles on JAL.
Japan Air will definitely be a plesanter flight.
www.fodors.com /forums/pgMessages.jsp?fid=27&tid=34679694&numresponses=0&start=0   (325 words)

  
 Japan Air Lines Flight 1628 - Unexplained Mysteries Discussion Forums
It was a special Japan Air Lines 747 cargo flight to carry a load of French wine from Paris to Tokyo.
He decided that the aircraft was probably an American jet fighter from nearby Eielson or Elmendorf Air Force Bases patrolling Alaskan airspace, so he ignored them at first.
However, after a few minutes, he noticed that the lights were keeping pace with his own aircraft, which would be an unusual thing for patrolling jets to do.
www.unexplained-mysteries.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=9672   (525 words)

  
 ez2Find : Recreation : Travel : Transportation : Air : Airlines
Air Midwest operates under for US Airways Express flights and as itself.
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines complete terminal move at Toronto's Pearson Airport.
Air Canada and Canadian Airlines add 30 new routes and 11 new destinations; Summer 2000 schedule expands network from Mu...
dir.ez2find.com /Top/Recreation/Travel/Transportation/Air/Airlines   (235 words)

  
 Order 95-6-21
This proposed action is taken in response to the refusal of the Japanese aeronautical authorities to authorize Federal Express, a designated U.S. all-cargo air carrier, to perform certain services authorized in the bilateral Air Transport Services Agreement, as amended, in effect between the United States and Japan.
The failure of Japan to approve Federal Express' proposed service constitutes a major disruption in its operations between the United States and Manila (Subic Bay) and beyond.
Japan Air Lines Company, Ltd., Nippon Cargo Airlines Company, Ltd., and all other interested persons are directed to show cause why we should not issue an order making final our tentative findings and conclusions;
dms.dot.gov /general/orders/19952qtr/95621.html   (695 words)

  
 Fatal Events Since 1970 for Japan Air Lines
14 June 1972; Japan Air Lines DC8-50; near New Delhi, India: The aircraft crashed short of the runway during an approach in darkness, poor weather, and low visibility.
27 September 1977; Japan Air Lines DC8-60; near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia: The aircraft was on an approach in heavy rain and low clouds and struck a hill about 4 miles (6.4 km) short of the runway.
31 January 2001; Japan Air Lines; near Yaizu, Japan: Two wide-bodied JAL aircraft, one a DC10 traveling from South Korea to Tokyo and a 747 flying from Tokyo to Okinawa, nearly collided on January 31 near Yaizu.
www.airsafe.com /events/airlines/jal.htm   (394 words)

  
 Aerospaceweb.org | Aircraft Museum - Boeing 747
When the US Air Force requested proposals for a heavy cargo transport, Boeing submitted a design that would eventually become the 747.
As with the 707 and KC-135, it was hoped that government development funds for a military project would reduce the cost of developing a version for the commercial market.
However, Lockheed won the Air Force contract and went on the build the C-5 Galaxy.
www.aerospaceweb.org /aircraft/jetliner/b747   (924 words)

  
 Newsbytes News Network: Japan Air Lines Launches Telecom Service With Global One   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Air Lines Launches Telecom Service With Global One
TOKYO, JAPAN, 1998 JUL 23 (NB) -- By Martyn Williams, Newsbytes.
Japan Air Lines says it will launch, August 1, a new international calling service with Global One, the telecom alliance of Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom and America's Sprint.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0NEW/is_n146/ai_20944328   (206 words)

  
 Japan Air Lines B-747 Crashes into Mt. Osutaka 520 Died   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Air Lines B-747 Crashes into Mt. Osutaka 520 Died
Japan Airlines B-747 flight 123 departed and climbed to 24,000 feet when the aircraft suffered an aft pressure bulkhead failure.
The bulkhead failure was related to in proper repare of the bulkhead after a tail strike in 1978.
avstop.com /news/ja.html   (78 words)

  
 Los Angeles Business Journal: Japan Air Lines seeks approval for $50 million cargo terminal at LAX. (new freight ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Japan Air Lines seeks approval for $50 million cargo terminal at LAX.
Japan Air Lines Co. Ltd., aiming to expand its No. 1 position among cargo handlers in the Southland, has proposed a new $50 million, 240,000-square-foot freight terminal on 16 acres at Los Angeles International Airport.
Land is precious at LAX and applications for expansion have been filed by nearly a dozen rival airlines.
highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:11431714&...   (216 words)

  
 book japan air lines cheap flights online from golden wings
Golden Wings has a range of cheap flights on Japan Air Lines and cheap hotel accomodation as well as a number of other travel services that you can book quickly and easily.
Japan Air Lines is more popular than ever with holidaymakers and business travelers all over the world.
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www.goldenwings.co.uk /Airlines/japanairlines.html   (267 words)

  
 Airline History - Airlines by index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
began in 1951 as Japanese Air Lines using a Martin 2-0-2 twin engine airliner on a Tokyo-Haneda service.
The first of the current aircraft types in use was the Boeing 767 wich JAL introduced in 1987, the same year that
Japan Asia, Japan Air Charter, Japan TransOcean Air, Air New Zealand, DHL, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Air Express.
airlines.afriqonline.com /airlines/775.htm   (267 words)

  
 Japan Air Lines Metal Dealer Promo Jal Jet
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 session 3-4
Second, I shall try to explain what is perhaps the primary motivating force behind the final selection of our menus; and, third, I shall briefly state our future aims.
An example of such a situation is the following: In Japan a hospital gives a person recovering from a serious illness a nutritious well-balanced modern hospital meal, but sometimes the patient rejects it, preferring instead a bowl of plain white rice gruel with a piece of dried plum.
On inbound flights leaving Europe's gateway cities, steaks are prepared on the rare side of medium because of the opposite trend indicated by statistics.
www.hq.nasa.gov /pao/History/SP-202/sess3.4.htm   (1506 words)

  
 Aviation Safety Network: CVR transcript Japan Air Lines Flight 46E   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
DEP-1 Japan Air forty six Echo heavy Anchorage departure, radar contact, expect severe turbulence two thousand five hundred, heavy 747, smooth to moderate, continuous moderate three thousand through one zero thousand.
DEP-1 Japan Air four six heavy, I have two F-15s off your fight wing three miles, they have you visually, and if you'd like any panel inspection they said they get in closer and ah, and look you over.
DEP-1 Japan Air four six Echo heavy, you've lost ah, approximately fifty percent of the leading edge slats on the left wing, and structural damage to the trailing edge flaps.
web.inter.nl.net /users/H.Ranter/cvr/cvr_ja46e.htm   (3047 words)

  
 History by Gil White
On 29/10/1962 leased to Korean Air Lines and reregistered HL4003.
Avia Air Charter (Pty) Ltd in South Africa were intending to purchase this aircraft but the sale did not eventuate.
After Hawkair had inspected several DC-4’s that were withdrawn from use and parked at an airport in Arizona the company decided to purchase the Carvair from J Mallel the South African aircraft broker as it happened to be readily available whilst the other parked DC-4’s required work to bring them up to airworthy standard.
www.ruudleeuw.com /n898at-history.htm   (1099 words)

  
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 Marketing - News Release
Japan Air Lines Selects Universal Avionics' MFD-640 for Terrain Display
Tucson, Arizona - Universal Avionics Systems Corporation announced that Japan Air Lines has selected Universal Avionics’ MFD-640 Multi-Function Display for installation in the forward pedestal on six DC-10 aircraft for the display of the Honeywell Mark VII EGPWS terrain awareness and warning system.
The systems will be provided through Mainami Kuko Service Co., Ltd., Universal Avionics’ exclusive agent in Japan.
www.uasc.com /marketing/newsdetail.asp?newsid=43   (177 words)

  
 Japan Air Lines Orient Tours Ad 1976 (Advertising - Foreign Airlines) at Tymes Remembered
Japan Air Lines Orient Tours Ad 1976 (Advertising - Foreign Airlines) at Tymes Remembered
It describes the tours available on Japan Air Lines.
This ad is in good condition considering its age.
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 Japan - welcome to Japan Air   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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