The first Boeing 787 Dreamliner destined to enter service with Japan Airlines (JAL) rolled out of the paint hangar at Boeing’s Everett widebody final-assembly facility late in the evening of December 13, 2011.
The first Boeing 787 destined to enter service with Japan Airlines (JAL) rolled out of the paint hangar at Boeing's Everett widebody final-assembly facility late in the evening of December 13, 2011. The aircraft features JAL's latest livery, in which the airline's traditional and famous flying-crane logo has been restored to a prominent position on the aircraft's vertical stabilizer
Recently revised, Japan Airlines’ livery as featured on its first Boeing 787-8 includes the carrier’s famous flying-crane brand mark on its tail.
This underscores JAL’s commitment to provide the highest level of service to customers and contribute to the advancement of society, according to the airline.
The logo is a distinct symbol of Japan Airlines, which became the first Japanese carrier to fly internationally from Japan in 1954.
Traditionally a customer only for U.S. manufacturers’ jet aircraft, Japan Airlines operates an all-Boeing fleet (which includes a gradually decreasing number of McDonnell Douglas-legacy Boeing MD-90-30s). JAL operates Boeing 737-800s, 767-300s, 767-300ERs, four models of 777 and it has 35 Boeing 787-8s on order, with 20 more optioned.
Japan Airlines was once the world’s biggest operator of the Boeing 747 but following the carrier’s slide into administrative bankruptcy in January 2010 and its re-emergence in March 2011 the carrier disposed of its entire fleet of Boeing 747-400s, ending its 41-year operating history with the 747 family.
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