Japan Airlines Corporation (株式会社日本航空 Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Kōkū?), o JAL, es una compañía aérea con base en Shinagawa, Tokio. Es también la aerolínea de bandera de Japón, que opera desde sus bases ubicadas en el Aeropuerto Internacional de Narita y Aeropuerto Internacional de Haneda más sus bases regionales o secundarias que serían: el Aeropuerto Internacional de Osaka-Itami, Aeropuerto Internacional de Kansai y Aeropuerto Internacional de Chubu. La compañía japonesa JAL posee tres aerolíneas regionales que son: \n* J-Air \n* JAL Express \n* JAL Transocean Airlines Todas miembros de la alianza Oneworld.

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(For other uses of "JAL", see JAL.)(Not to be confused with Air Japan, the charter carrier.)\nJapan Airlines Co., Ltd. (JAL) (日本航空株式会社 Nihon Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 9201, OTC Pink: JAPSY), is the flag carrier airline of Japan and the second largest in the country behind All Nippon Airways. It is headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan; and its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport), as well as Osaka's Kansai International Airport and Osaka International Airport. JAL group companies include Japan Airlines, J-Air, JAL Express, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air and Ryukyu Air Commuter for domestic feeder services; and JAL Cargo for cargo and mail services. JAL group operations include scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic passenger and cargo services to 220 destinations in 35 countries worldwide, including codeshares. The group has a fleet of 279 aircraft. In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2009, the airline group carried over 52 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail. Japan Airlines, J-Air, JAL Express, and Japan Transocean Air are members of the Oneworld airline alliance. JAL was established in 1951 and became the national airline of Japan in 1953. After over three decades of service and expansion, the airline was fully privatized in 1987. In 2002, the airline merged with Japan Air System, Japan's third-largest airline and became the sixth largest airline in the world by passengers carried. Japan Airlines is currently an official sponsor of Japan Football Association, Japan national football team, Shimizu S-Pulse and Consadole Sapporo. All Nippon Airways, the largest airline in Japan, is JAL's main competitor.

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