Japan Airlines fleet

Japan Airlines operates a fleet of wide-body and narrow-body aircraft manufactured by Airbus and Boeing. This does not include aircraft operated by JAL Group regional subsidiaries such as Hokkaido Air System, J-Air, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Transocean Air or Ryukyu Air Commuter.

Current fleet

, Japan Airlines operates the following mainline aircraft:

Cargo

JAL Cargo is a freighter airline operating for JAL. It ended dedicated freighter aircraft operations in October 2010 after more than 30 years of service. It operated both propeller and jet aircraft through the years, most recently, Boeing 747-400s and Boeing 767-300Fs. However, in 2023, JAL announced that they would bring back dedicated cargo 767 freighters, in a response to changes in labor regulations forcing Japanese truckers to work less hours.

Former fleet

Japan Airlines previously operated the following aircraft:

Aircraft	Total	Introduced	Retired	Notes
Airbus A300-600R	22	2006	2011	Taken over from merged Japan Air System.
Airbus A350-900	1	2021	2024	Written off as flight JL516.
Beechcraft H18		1969		Used for pilot training.
Boeing 727-100		1965	1988
Boeing 737-400	7	1995	2003
Boeing 747-100	7	1970	2002	Launch customer with Pan Am.
Boeing 747-100	1	1970	1977	Converted into a freighter and transferred to JAL Cargo.
Boeing 747-100SF	1	1977	1992
Boeing 747SR-100	9	1973	2005	Launch customer.
Boeing 747SR-100	1	1973	1985	Crashed as flight JL123.
Boeing 747SR-100/SUD	2	1986	2006
Boeing 747-200B	23	1971	2007
Boeing 747-200B	2	1971	1973	Converted into freighters and transferred to JAL Cargo.
Boeing 747-200F	8	1991	2008
Boeing 747-200SF	3	1974	2007
Boeing 747-300	16	1983	2009
Boeing 747-400	28	1990	2011
Boeing 747-400	6	1990	2005	Converted into freighters and transferred to JAL Cargo.
Boeing 747-400BCF	6	2006	2010
Boeing 747-400D	8	1991	2011	Launch customer.
Boeing 747-400F	2	1991	2011
Boeing 767-200	4	1985	2011
Boeing 767-300	20	1986	2021	Launch customer.
Boeing 767-300ERF	3	2007	2010	Production freighters for JAL Cargo before suspension of dedicated cargo services.
Boeing 777-200	8	1996	2021
Boeing 777-200	7	1996	2021	Taken over from merged Japan Air System.
Boeing 777-200ER	11	2002	2023
Boeing 777-300	7	1998	2021
Boeing 777-300ER	4	2005	2025	Includes the first Boeing 777-300ER prototype and second Boeing 777-300ER prototype.
Convair 880	9	1961	1971
Douglas DC-3	1	1951	1951	Operated invitational flights for three days on 27 August 1951.
Douglas DC-4	2	1952	1964
Douglas DC-6B	10	1954	1969	Operated the airline's inaugural international flight. Some aircraft were converted into freighters.
Douglas DC-7C	5	1958	1965	Some aircraft were converted into freighters.
Douglas DC-8-30	4	1960	1975
Douglas DC-8-50	15	1962	1982
Douglas DC-8-50	1	1962	1972	Crashed as flight JL471.
Douglas DC-8-60	29	1968	1988
Douglas DC-8-60	1	1968	1968	Crashed as flight JL2.
Douglas DC-8-60	1	1968	1972	Crashed as flight JL446.
Douglas DC-8-60	1	1968	1977	Crashed as flight JL715.
Douglas DC-8-60	1	1968	1982	Crashed as flight JL350.
Douglas DC-8-60F	4	1968	1988
Douglas DC-8-60F	1	1968	1977	Crashed as flight JL1045.
Martin 2-0-2	2	1951		Operated the airline's inaugural scheduled flight.
McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40	20	1976	2005
McDonnell Douglas MD-11	10	1993	2004	All MD-11s were named after J-Birds. Later sold to UPS Airlines for freighter conversion.
McDonnell Douglas MD-81	11	2006	2010	Taken over from merged Japan Air System.
McDonnell Douglas MD-87	8	2006	2008	Taken over from merged Japan Air System.
McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30	16	2006	2013	Taken over from merged Japan Air System.
NAMC YS-11	1	1969	1970	Used for postal service.
NAMC YS-11	1	1969	1970	Used for passenger service.
Tupolev Tu-114	1	1967	1969	Used in association with Aeroflot.