Press Release
JAL Expands Europe Network with New BA Code Share Agreement
Tokyo January 07, 2009: Japan Airlines (JAL) will offer code share flights operated by British Airways (BA) from London (Heathrow) to Lisbon, as well as to 4 destinations in the United Kingdom; Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Newcastle. The code sharing flights are targeted to start from January 14, 2009 and reservations on the UK flights can be made from January 7, 2009 and on the Lisbon flight from January 14, 2009.
With the new code share flights mentioned above, JAL connects Japan to a total of 31 cities in Europe on 43 routes. Cities already served are as follows: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Helsinki, London, Lyons, Madrid, Manchester, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Nice, Oslo, Rome, Paris, Prague, Rome, Stockholm, Stuttgart, Warsaw and Zurich.
Japan Airlines and British Airways - both members of the oneworld alliance - first started code sharing in February, 2004. This code share agreement further expands JAL’s Japan- Europe network by providing smooth connections with minimal transit time from Lisbon and the UK cities onto daily services operated by the airline between London (Heathrow) and Japan.
New Code Share Flights From/ To London Heathrow
|
Route |
Flight |
Dept. Time |
Arr. Time |
Days of Operation |
Operating Airline |
|
London (Heathrow) - Aberdeen |
JL5389 |
17:15 |
18:50 |
Daily |
BA |
|
Aberdeen - London (Heathrow) |
JL5386 JL5388 |
11:40 15:00 |
13:15 16:30 |
Daily Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr |
BA |
|
London (Heathrow) - Edinburgh |
JL5375 JL5377 |
16:05 17:15 |
17:30* 18:40 |
Daily Daily |
BA |
|
Edinburgh - London (Heathrow) |
JL5374 JL5376 |
11:50 15:30 |
13:15 16:50 |
Daily Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr, Su |
BA |
|
London (Heathrow) -Glasgow |
JL5379 JL5381 |
15:05 17:25 |
16:30 18:50 |
Daily Daily |
BA |
|
Glasgow -London (Heathrow) |
JL5378 JL5380 |
12:40 16:05 |
14:05 17:30 |
Daily Mo,Tu,We,Th,Fr, Su |
BA |
|
London (Heathrow) - Newcastle |
JL5383 JL5385 |
16:05 17:30 |
17:15 18:40 |
Daily Daily |
BA |
|
Newcastle - London (Heathrow) |
JL5382 JL5384 |
12:15 15:05 |
13:35 16:20 |
Daily Daily |
BA |
|
London (Heathrow) - Lisbon |
JL5347 |
18:10 |
20:50 |
Daily |
BA |
|
Lisbon - London (Heathrow) |
JL5346 |
10:50 |
13:35 |
Daily |
BA |
BA = British Airways Code share flight schedules may be subject to change. Subject to government approval.
*Arrival time on Saturdays =17:25
About Japan Airlines
The JAL Group is Asia’s biggest airline group in terms of sales revenues and 2nd largest in Asia in terms of passengers carried annually. JAL Group airlines serve 216 airports in 34 countries and territories, including 60 airports in Japan. The international network covers over 246 passenger routes and 37 cargo routes, and the domestic network covers 154 routes. JAL and its seven subsidiary airlines make a total of up to 1,200 domestic and international routes passenger flights a day. In the year ending March 31, 2008, JAL Group airlines carried over 55 million passengers.
With around 23,000 employees in the air transport segment, JAL Group operates a fleet of some 270 aircraft including Boeing 747s and B777s and is now in the process of a major fleet renewal, introducing more fuel-efficient small and medium aircraft such as the B737 New Generation series and in the future the new high-tech Boeing 787 “Dreamliner”.
JAL First Class offers fully reclining Skysleeper or New Skysleeper Solo seats. “JAL Executive Class - Seasons,” introduces the concept of “quality time” spent on board and features the award-winning JAL Shell Flat Seat that reclines to almost the horizontal and provides a high degree of personal privacy. From December 2007 JAL started offering JAL Premium Economy on key business routes, and from August 2008 started introducing on US routes a luxurious new suite to JAL First Class and the JAL Shell NEO, a leading-edge seat for JAL Executive Class.
Top quality in-flight service has always been the hallmark of JAL’s reputation. Cuisine offered in all classes is a combination of Western and Asian food. JAL carries a fine selection of award-winning wines and sake in First Class and JAL Executive Class - Seasons, JAL’s business class. Quality in-flight entertainment systems are a feature of JAL’s international fleet aircraft.
A member of the oneworld global alliance since April 2007, JAL offers customers many benefits, such as the JAL Mileage Bank frequent flier program.
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