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What we compareJapan AirlinesJ-Air
Country in archiveJapanJapan
FoundedAugust 1, 19511996
FounderAiichirō Fujiyama—
HeadquartersShinagawa, Tokyo, JapanOsaka International Airport, Japan, Japan
Name originThe name is simply descriptive: Japan Airlines identifies a Japanese national carrier, and the abbreviation JAL comes from the English words Japan Air Lines. The archive's 1959 logo spells it "Japan Air Lines", while the current mark reads "Japan Airlines".The sources used for this short profile do not explain the origin of the J-Air name.
HighlightsDouglas DC-8, Boeing 747-400, Boeing 777-300ER, Airbus A350-900Osaka International Airport
Earliest archived brand logo19511996
Latest archived logo20112011
Archived logo assets53

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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