JA008D Boeing 777-289 retired

Photo Credit: S J Byles

Ex-JAPAN AIR SYSTEM (JD/JAS) and, more recently, JAPAN AIRLINES (JL/JAL) Boeing 777-289 (line/msn 146/27640) JA008D has been ferried to Victorville (VCV) for part out and scrap. It left Tokyo (HND) on February 23rd as [JAL8132]. It was withdrawn from JAPAN AIRLINESservice in June 2020. 

It’s pictured above in happier times while with JAPAN AIR SYSTEM at Haneda in January 2003.

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Japan Airlines take delivery of 15th A350

Photo Credit: Airbus

JAPAN AIRLINES  (JL/JAL) recently took delivery of their fifteenth Airbus A350. JA15XJ (msn 0543) arrived from Toulouse (TLS) at Tokyo Haneda (HND) on the morning of 17th February. It entered service on 21st Feb flying from Haneda to Naha (OKA) as [JAL903]. It’s painted in a not particualry insipiring One World scheme.