Press Release
JAL Support's Tokyo's Bid for the 2016 Olympics & Paralympics
Tokyo, October 2, 2008:From today, October 2, 2008, Japan Airlines (JAL) will put into service a specially decorated aircraft to support Tokyo’s bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
JAL is an official partner of the Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee. In support of the committee’s activities, the airline has decorated one of its B767-300 aircraft with a special Tokyo 2016 Olympic/ Paralympic Games bid design. The design incorporates the committee’s logo and Japanese catchphrase as well as an attractive rainbow motif.
The aircraft will serve on domestic Japan routes helping to raise awareness and support from the skies for the Olympic bid throughout the country.
Routes the aircraft will serve on are as follows: Tokyo (Haneda) - Komatsu, Tokyo (Haneda) - Matsuyama, Osaka (Kansai) - Sapporo, and Osaka (Kansai) - Okinawa (Naha).
For more information on Tokyo’s Olympic/ Paralympic Games bid please visit: http://www.tokyo2016.or.jp/en/
In the past JAL was given the privilege of carrying the Olympic Torch from Athens to Japan for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. More recently JAL was the official airline for the Japanese national team for the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China in August 2008.
JAL is also a supporter of Special Olympics Nippon (SON), the Japan branch of the Special Olympics. For the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, JAL provided assistance to Special Olympics Nippon by providing air transportation to the team of athletes from Japan and SON members of staff.
JAL & the Olympics over the Years
|
Year |
Place |
Olympiad |
JAL Participation |
|
1964 |
Tokyo |
Summer |
Operated charter flight between Athens and Naha to transport the Olympic Torch for the Tokyo Olympic Games. |
|
1992 |
Barcelona |
Summer |
Operated chartered flight to carry Japanese Olympic team participating in the Games. |
|
1996 |
Atlanta |
Summer |
Official Airline |
|
1998 |
Nagano |
Winter |
Official Airline. Operated chartered flight to transport the Olympic torch. |
|
2000 |
Sydney |
Summer |
Official Airline. Aircraft on domestic Japan routes specially painted with the JOC emblem and "Gambare! Nippon! (Go for it! Japan!)". |
|
2002 |
Salt Lake City |
Winter |
Official airline. |
|
2004 |
Athens |
Summer |
Official Airline. Two JAL cabin attendants from JAL Rabbits team selected as members of national basketball team in the Athens Olympics. |
|
2005 |
Nagano |
Special Winter |
Support the event by promoting the event in-flight, dispatching staff to the Games offices, and providing air tickets to athletes. |
|
2006 |
Turin |
Winter |
Official airline. |
|
2007 |
Shanghai |
Special Summer |
Assist Special Olympics Nippon (SON) by providing air transportation to the team of athletes from Japan and SON members of staff. |
|
2008 |
Beijing |
Summer |
Official airline. Decorates 777-300 with special "Gambare! Nippon!” livery |
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