In terms of JAL’s recent history, a key moment came in April 2007, when it joined the oneworld alliance. The Convair 880 was another of JAL’s early jets, which sometimes flew transpolar routes. The jet age marked a fruitful period of fleet development for JAL, who went on to fly 51 DC-8s until 1987. This came about when the airline’s introduced its first jet design, the Douglas DC-8.

In 1960, JAL had a change of equipment on its Tokyo-Honolulu-San Francisco route. JAL also flew other Douglas designs, such as the DC-7, with which it could fly directly to Seattle.

This route had stops in Wake Island and Honolulu. International services began in February 1954, when JAL used a Douglas DC-6 to connect Tokyo with San Francisco. The Douglas DC-7 allowed JAL to directly serve the US. Its first three years saw it serve solely domestic cities, such as Nagoya, Osaka, Sapporo, and Tokyo. It eventually commenced scheduled operations two months later, using a Martin 2-0-2 and crew from Northwest Airlines. Having been founded on August 1st, 1951, JAL commenced operations later that month, flying DC-3 services on an invitational basis.

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