Japan Airlines planes

Japan Airlines has one of the largest air fleets in the world, which at one point numbered almost 300 aircraft. At the moment, 145 planes from Airbus and Boeing are in active service. 39 have been ordered for the period from 2024 to 2028.

One of the company’s goals is to gradually modernize its fleet of long-haul planes by removing Boeing 777s from the fleet and replacing them with Airbus A350s. Already now the fleet has 16 Airbus A350-900 airliners equipped with comfortable first class seats.

The average age of the planes is 11.6 years, and the oldest in the fleet are Boeing 777 series machines with an average age of more than 16.2 years.

Contents

1 Airbus A350
2 Boeing 737-800
3 Boeing 767-300ER
4 Boeing 777
5 Boeing 787

Airbus A350

One of the world’s best wide-body twin-engine planes used for long-haul flights. Launched as the main competitor to the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, the Airbus A350 has quickly gained credibility in the international market. Japan Airlines already uses 16 A350-900 series and plans to increase the fleet by 3 A350-1000 series and 1 A350-900. The average age is 2.8 years.

Boeing 737-800

A narrow-body medium-haul plane that is the spiritual successor to the McDonnel Douglas MD-80. Japan Airlines uses only business class cabin layouts, but also offers passengers and arrangement with JAL Wider seats and the availability of suites in the business class section. There are 42 planes of this model in the fleet with an average age of 13.6 years.

Boeing 767-300ER

A wide-body, long-range airliner from Boeing. The 300ER in the 757 series features an extended fuselage and a larger cabin that easily accommodates additional business class seats. Japan Airlines utilizes a variety of cabin layouts, including several boards with 5 first class seats. There are 27 of this model in the fleet with an average age of 16.2 years.

Boeing 777

An extremely popular series of wide-body long-haul planes from Boeing, which began production in 1993. The 200ER model was specially designed for transatlantic flights, but did not gain popularity among airlines, while the 300ER model became a hit and sales leader in the entire B777 series. Japan Airlines uses 1 200ER and 13 300ERs, which will be replaced by Airbus A350-1000s by 2026. The average age of the aircraft is 16.5 years, while the 200ER is more than 20 years old.

Boeing 787

Boeing’s flagship wide-body twin-engine long-haul planes, produced since 2007. MAX 8 and MAX 9 models became especially popular in Japan. It was the Japanese carrier All Nippon Airways that became the first buyer of MAX 8 planes, which replaced the 767-200. The MAX 9 has an elongated fuselage. Japan Airlines has 23 MAX 8 and 21 MAX 9 planes in its fleet, with an average age of 8.3 and 5.6 years, respectively.