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What we compareAll Nippon AirwaysJAL Express
Country in archiveJapanJapan
Founded19521997
FounderNippon Helicopter and Far East Airlines (merged 1958)—
HeadquartersMinato, Tokyo, JapanTokyo, Japan, Japan
Name originThe name is the English form of the company's Japanese name Zen Nippon Kuyu, meaning All Japan Air Transport. Nippon Helicopter renamed itself All Nippon Airways Company in December 1957, and the merger with Far East Airlines followed in March 1958. ANA is the abbreviation.The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the JAL Express name.
HighlightsBoeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing 747SR, Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, Haneda hub, Narita hubTokyo International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo19581997
Latest archived logo19862011
Archived logo assets33

Logo dates are archive labels; symbols dated before a brand's founding are excluded from its earliest-logo date. Asset counts include all archived variants, not just redesigns. A dash means a value is unavailable.

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