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Aviation History
1996
1996 - 0801.PDF
Japan Air Lines MD-11 "J-Bird" Executive VP Masaki Oka SnrVP& General Manager Shizuo Shigeru Director & VP Maint Admin Kaoru Haradome VPKiyoshi Masukawa WKiyoshi Nosaka Fleet: 11 x NAMC YS-11 7 x Saab 340B Main base/hubs: Kagoshima. Services include: Yoronjima, Tokunoshima and Amami O'shima. Simulators: Saab 340B. Maintenance services: Japan Air Commuter. Speciality: Airframes. Licensed airframe engineers: 73. Principal makes serviced: Saab 340B, Beech, YS-11. Narrowbody space: 12. Commuter space: 7. Checks: B, C, D. Additional services: Modifications. Engines: Turboprops: CT7, Dart. Japan Air System (JAS) [JD] 3-5-1 Toranomon, Minatoku, Tokyo 105, Japan Tel: +81 (3) 5473 4100; fax: +81 (3) 5473 4109; telex: 2225182 Services: Regional and domestic scheduled and charter Date established: 15 May, 1971. History: Established in 1964 as Japan Domestic Airlines. Merged in 1971 with Toa Airways to become Toa Domestic Airlines. Changed to present name in 1988. Description: Operates a network of services of 66 routes to 38 cities. Employees total: 5,661. Executives: Chairman Isamu Tanaka President Takeshi Mashima Executive VP Shigeo Soda Snr VPHiromiFunabiki Snr VPShiroOshima Snr VP Flight Operations Minoru Morikawa ManagingDirSc VPPersonnelAkira Kuwata Managing Dir&VPMktg& Sales Toru Fukumi ManagingDir& VP Corp PlanningMasao Hirai Dir& VP Safety Promotion Kohsuke Uematsu Dir&VP Maint & Engineering Kiyoji Kume Dir& VP Right Operations Kazuo Tonomura Dir& VP International Affairs Hirokuni Tsuji Fleet 8 x Airbus A300B4 9 x Airbus A300B2 14 x Airbus A300600R 26 x McDonnell Douglas Mr>80 8 x McDonnell Douglas MD-87 2 x McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 3 x NAMC YS-11 Orders: 7 x Boeing 777 7 x McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30 Main base/hubs: Toyko. Domestic services: Include Aomori, Fukuoka, Hakodate, Kagoshima, Kitakyushu, Kumamoto, Kushiro, Kyushu, Misawa, Miyazaki, Nagoya, Obihiro, Oita, Okinawa, Osaka, Sapporo, Charter services: Bangkok, Brisbane, Cheju Island, Guam, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Khabarovsk, Palau, Pusan, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk. Simulators: Haneda: Airbus A30O600R, A300B2K, Beech King Air 200, Boeing 777-200, McDonnell Douglas DC-941,2 x MTJ-81, MDS7, MD-90-30. Maintenance services: Japan Air System. Licensed airframe engineers: 768. Licensed engine engineers: 768. National approvals: JCAB, CAA. Principal makes serviced: Airbus A3CO600R, A300-B4, MDC DC-9-41, DC-10, MDS1, MD-87, NAMC YS-11 Narrowbody space: 9. Japan Airlines (JAL) [JL] Tokyo Building, Marunouchi 2-7-3, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100, Japan Tel: +81 (3) 3284 2610; fax: +81 (3) 3284 2659; telex: 24827 Services: International regional and domestic scheduled passenger and cargo Subsidiaries: Japan Asia Airways (JAA) 90.5%; Japan Air Charter (JAZ) 82%; Japan TransOcean Air (JTA) 51%. Also shareholdings in japan Air System, Air New Zealand 5%, DHL International 25%; Hawaiian Airlines 8.5% Shareholders: Tokyo Marine & Rre Insurance, The Industrial Bank of Japan, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance, Nippon Dantai Insurance, The Dowa Rre & Marine Insurance, The Yasuda Rre & Marine Insurance, DaHchi Kangyo Bank, Kokusai Kogyo, Tokai Ban. Alliances: Joint services: Air France, Amercian Airlines. Date established: 1 August, 1951. Date operations started: 1 October 1991. History: The successor to the privately owned company of the same name which began operating in August 1951. The new JAL came into being in October 1953 as the national airline, with the Government holding 50%. JAL became fully privatised in November 1987, when the Government sold its remaining 34.5% shareholding in the carrier. JAL has been a private joint-stock corporation since December 1987, with 193,836 shareholders. Description: Operates services to 62 cities in 26 countries. Employees total: 20,491. Aircrew staff: 2,268. Executives: Chairman Susumu Yamaji President Akira Kondo Executive VPAkio Kohno Executive VP & Snr VP Airport Projects Teiichi Kuribayashi SnrMD & Ops Executive Kunietsu Sakuraba SnrMD & Snr VP ind Relations Isao Kaneko yjUHLD j\l!iLhsl£ Dh'i£\Dftmi Snr MD & Snr VP Corp Plan Osamu Igarashi MD & Snr VP Info Mgt & Systems Fumio Kuwano MD & Snr VP Right Operations Yoshio Iwao MD & Chairman Right Safety Toshiro Shinano MD & Snr VP The Americas Yukio Ohtani MD & Snr VP Public Relations Akio Kouno MD & Snr VP Accounting Jiro Sagara MD & Snr VP Int'l Passenger MktgSnmm Suto Snr VP Freight & Mail Michio Uchida Managing Director & Snr VP Engineering & Maint Yoshihiko Murata Snr VP Airport Operations Koji Shinmachi Board Advisor Matsuo Toshimitsu Fleet: 3 x Boeing 767-200 6 x Boeing 747-100 22 x Boeing 747-200B 7 x Boeing 747-200F 9 x Boeing 747-300 4 x Boeing 747-300SR 24 x Boeing 747-400 8 x Boeing 747400D 17 x Boeing 767-300 14 x McDonnell Douglas DC-1040 8 x McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Orders: 10 x Boeing 777-200 5x777-300 18x747-400 2 x McDonnell Douglas MD-11. Options: 10 x 777-200,10 x MD-11 Main base/hubs: Tokyo Narita. Domestic services: Akita, Fukuoka, Fukushima, Fukuoka, Hakodate, Hiroshima, Kagoshima, Komatsu, Kona, Kumamoto, Matsuyama, Nagasaki, Nagoya, Niigata, Obihiro, Oita, Okinawa (Naha), Osaka, Sapporo and Sendai, Yamagata. Americas services: Anchorage, Atlanta, Chicago, Fairbanks, Honalulu, Los Angeles, Mexico City, New York, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Sao Paulo and Vancouver. Europe services: Amsterdam, Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Paris, Rome and Zurich. Australasia/Pacific services: Auckland, Bangkok'*', Beijing, Brisbane, Cairns, Christchurch, Denpasar, Guam, Hong Kong, Honolulu, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Khabarovsk, Manila, Nagoya*, Delhi*, Pusan, Saipan, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore and Sydney. It suspended its Washington DC service in November 1995. Simulators: Haneda: 4 x Boeing 747-200, 747-300,4 x 747400, 767-200, 777-200; McDonnell Douglas DC- 1040, MD-11; Napa: Beech King Air 90 Maintenance services: Japan Air Lines Speciality: Airframes, engines. Licensed airframe engineers: 2,695 Licensed engine engineers: 747 Licensed avionics engineers: 225 National approvals: FAA, DGAC, JAR, JCAB, CAA Sing, DGAC Indsa, DCA Malay, CAAC China, HK CAD Principal makes serviced: Boeing 737-400,747-100, 747-200, 747-300, 747400, 767-200, 767-300, MDC MD-11, DC-1040 Widebody space: 2 Narrowbody space: 3 Checks: A B, C, D. Additional services: Modifications, paintshop. Engines: Large fans: CF6, PW4000, JT9D Japan Asia Airways (JAA) EG Yurakucho Denki Building, 7-1 Yurakucho 1 Chome, Chiyodaku, Tokyo 100, Japan Tel: +81 (3) 3284 2972; fax: +81 (3) 3284 2980; telex: J25440 JAA TOKYO; STTA TY0..EG Services: International and regional scheduled and charter passenger and cargo Parent company: Japan Airlines. Shareholders: Japan Airlines 90.5%. Date established: 8 August, 1975. Date operations started: September 1975. History: Formed to operate between Japan and Taiwan. Employees total: 1,023. Aircrew staff: 103. FLIGHT INTERNATIONAL 3 - 9 April 1996 65
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