Press Release

TOKYO August 28, 2013: Japan Airlines (JAL) will offer a new lineup of Japanese cheese for First and Business Class customers on select international routes from September 1, 2013.

As an airline established in Japan, we are willing to promote the excellence of Japanese cheese to our customers and we will introduce the cheese from Hokkaido, Tochigi Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture, Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture at this time of changing the selection.

In First Class, garnish is also carefully selected considering the suggestions from the cheese producers to go well with each kind of cheese. In Business Class, we will offer cheeses from Hokkaido and each different flavor and taste is enjoyable.

JAL also offer fine selected wines, seasonal sake and shochu matching our selected Japanese cheese and we are pleased to present Japanese high-quality products through our in-flight service to the world.

Outline of service

1.    Effective Period: September 1, 2013 ~ February 28, 2014

2.    Applicable Class: On International route

First Class (5 kinds of cheese)

Business Class (3 kinds of cheese)*

     *For more details, please refer to the lists below.

3.    Applicable Routes:

First Class

From Tokyo (Narita) to Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London, Frankfurt, Paris and Jakarta 

Business Class

From Tokyo (Narita) to Los Angeles, San Diego, Vancouver, Chicago, Boston, New York, Honolulu,

London, Frankfurt, Paris, Moscow, Helsinki, Sydney, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Delhi, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Bangkok

From Tokyo (Haneda) to San Francisco and Paris

# 2 kinds of cheese are available on flights from Tokyo (Narita) to Honolulu, from Osaka (Kansai) to Bangkok and Honolulu as well as from Nagoya (Chubu) to Honolulu.    

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