JALways

Infobox Airline
airline = JALways
株式会社JALウェイズ
"Kabushiki-gaisha JAL Weizu"
|JALways logo
logo_size = 200
IATA = JO
ICAO = JAZ
callsign = JALWAYS
founded = 1990
headquarters = Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan
key_people = Haruka Nishimatsu(President and CEO)
hubs = Narita International Airport
Tokyo International Airport
Kansai International Airport
Osaka International Airport
focus_cities =
frequent_flyer = JAL Mileage Bank
lounge = SAKURA Lounge
alliance = Oneworld (passenger)
WOW (cargo)
parent = Japan Airlines
subsidiaries = JAL Express (JEX)
J-Air
Japan Air Commuter (JAC)
Hokkaido Air System (HAC)
Japan Transocean Air (JTA)
Ryukyu Air Commuter (RAC)
fleet_size =
destinations = 10
website = http://www.jalways.co.jp/english/

nihongo|JALways Co.,Ltd.|株式会社JALウェイズ|Kabushiki-gaisha JAL Weizu is an airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines. It operates more than 200 flights each week, with daily scheduled flights from three airports in Japan to Bangkok, Guam, Honolulu and Kona as well as international scheduled services for Japan Airlines on a wet lease basis. Its main base is Narita International Airport, Tokyo.cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 96 | date= 2007-04-03]

Its flight crews are based in Honolulu, Hawaii, and are predominantly American, while its cabin attendants are trained and based in Bangkok, Thailand, and are predominantly Asian. JALways operates independently of JAL, but shares livery and interline benefits: this is primarily to avoid the higher labor costs of JAL's Japanese crews and maintenance. Because JALways operates to resort locations, JALways planes have the word "Reso`cha" (Super Resort Express) on the plane. Also, the flight attendant uniforms have a tropical theme. It is also not uncommon for JALways aircraft to be used on JAL routes, and vice-versa. Fact|date=February 2007

History

The airline was established on 5 October 1990 and started operations in July 1991. It originally started as a charter airline named Japan Air Charter, and built a relationship as a leasing partner for Japan Airlines. It was given the current name on 1 October 1999 and became an international scheduled airline. It became a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan Airlines in March 2001. It has 2,633 employees (at March 2007). Operations began with McDonnell Douglas DC-10 and Boeing 747 aircraft, but the DC-10s were retired in October 2005. In late 2006, JALways flightcrews were leased to JALCargo to operate freighter flights out of Anchorage, Alaska to destinations in the USA.Fact|date=June 2007

JAL Group, in an effort to cut costs, is downsizing the Boeing 747-200 and -300 fleet, with complete retirement of those aircraft expected in 2009. In late 2007, JAL Group began transitioning the company's Boeing 747-400s to JALways, with completion expected by 2010. [ [http://www.jal.com/en/press/2006_04.html JAL Press Release (October 2006)] ]

Destinations

JALways operates to the following cities, some in cooperation with JAL using both carriers aircraft:Fact|date=June 2007

Asia

;East Asia
*Japan
*Nagoya (Chubu Centrair International Airport)
*Osaka (Kansai International Airport)
*Tokyo (Narita International Airport);South Asia
*India
*Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport);Southeast Asia
*Indonesia
*Denpasar (Ngurah Rai International Airport)
*Jakarta (Soekarno-Hatta International Airport)
* Surabaya (Juanda International Airport) [begins September 2008] Verify source|date=September 2008
*Philippines
*Manila (Ninoy Aquino International Airport)
*Thailand
*Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi International Airport)

North America

*United States
*Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport)
*Kailua-Kona (Kona International Airport at Keahole)

Oceania

*Australia
*Brisbane (Brisbane Airport)
*Sydney (Sydney Airport)
*Guam
*Hagåtña (Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport)

Fleet

The JALways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2008): Fact|date=February 2007
*3 Boeing 747-300 (JA8183, JA8184, JA8186)

However, the JALways fleet expands to 8 747-300s and 29 747-400s due to the sharing of aircraft with JAL International. Those aircraft are:
*5 Boeing 747-300 (JA812J, JA813J, JA8166, JA8177, JA8185)
*29 Boeing 747-400 (Various registration numbers.)

The 747 fleet operates Pratt & Whitney JT9D-7R engines for the 747-300s.

Previously operated

*Boeing 747-200 (Retired October 2007)
*McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Retired November 2005)

References

External links

* [http://www.jalways.co.jp JALways]
* [http://www.jazpa.org JALways Pilot Association]
* [http://www.oknation.net/blog/captjackjal CAPTJACK CRAWFORD VS. JAL, JALways]