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Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan Gundam

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan  
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Gundam Pavilion - Next Future - Gundam Jet   ガンダムJET
Events
JA342J B737-846 JAL  [+] 2025-

This third scheme in the JAL Group promoting the Expo 2025 World Fair taking place in Osaka features popular Japanese robot RX-78F00/E Gundam as well as the Myaku Myaku mascot of the Expo. The Gundam franchise owned by Bandai Namco teamed up with the Expo team to run a Gundam Pavilion - Next Future private pavilion at the event.

Expected livery removal date : November 2025

Image  © 
Tags   World's Fair

Tokyo Disney Sea - Fantasy Springs

Tokyo DisneySea - Fantasy Springs  
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JAL Fantastic Journey Express   JALファンタスティック・ジャーニー・エクスプレス
Family
JA622J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2024-

JAL continued its partnership with Disney & the Oriental Land company in 2024 with this logojet celebrating the opening of the Fantasy Springs themed area at Tokyo DisneySea. The decals feature Anna & Elsa from Frozen, Rapunzel from Tangled as well as Peter Pan against the backdrop of Arendelle Castle, Rapunzel's tower, and Captain Hook's Jolly Roger.

Expected livery removal date : November 2025

Image  ©  記録用さん (KOJ)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Disney, Theme Park

Dream Sho Jet

Dream Sho Jet  
Sport
JA08XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] 2024-

The two sides are different and show MLB Los Angeles Dodgers' player Shohei Ohtani. This project is part of the "Dream Miles Pass" initiative at JAL which sees the airline provide air tickets to young people who are chasing their dreams, in sport but also music and other arts.

Expected livery removal date : March 2026

Image  ©  Hajime Suzuki (HND)
Tags   Baseball, Initiative, Tribute to a Champion

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan #2

Expo 2025 Osaka, Kansai, Japan  
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Myaku Myaku Jet   ミャクミャクJET
Events
JA823J B787-8 JAL  [+] 2024-

This special livery is different on the two sides of the fuselage and features Expo 2025 mascot Myaku Myaku. Expo 2025 is a World's Fair to be held in Osaka in 2025 with the theme "Designing Future Society for Our Lives". Note the logo of the Expo has changed from the logo used when it was a candidate city back in 2018 (as seen on Peach and Jetstar Japan aircraft). Note the differences with the livery worn by J-Air E190 JA252J.

Image  ©  Dennis Lau (NRT)
Tags   World's Fair

A350-1000

Airbus A350-1000  
 
Corporate
JA01WJ A350-1041 JAL  [+] 2023-
JA02WJ A350-1041 JAL  [+] 2024-25

The firsts A350-1000 for JAL sport large red titles to celebrate the renewal of the airline's long-haul flagship.

Image  ©  Atsushi Yoshioka (HND)
Tags   Fleet

Tokyo Disney Resort 40 - Dream Go Round

Tokyo Disney Resort 40 - Dream-Go-Round  
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JAL Colorful Dreams Express   JALカラフル・ドリーム・エクスプレス
Family
JA614J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2023-24

Mickey Mouse and friends were all suit up to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Tokyo Disney Resort. The two sides of the livery were slightly different.

Images  ©  sky-spotter (HND) & Hajime Suzuki (ITM)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Disney, Theme Park

Disney 100

Disney 100 Years  
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Dream Express Disney 100   ドリームエクスプレスディズニー100
Family
JA615J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2022-24

JAL continued its partnership with Disney in 2022 with this logojet celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Walt Disney Company. This Dream Express scheme was the first to not only show Mickey & Minnie Mouse but more recent Pixar characters as well. Its official theme was "Kirariiro journey ~ Let's color the story of a new journey with the sparkling color of each person".

The special livery was different on the two sides of the aircraft and was unveiled on December 6, 2022. Mickey Mouse, Elsa (Frozen), Ariel (The Little Mermaid), and Minnie Mouse could be see on the port side while Mickey Mouse, Woody (Toy Story), Jasmine (Aladdin), Stitch (Lilo & Stitch), and Minnie Mouse were on the starboard side.

Images  ©  記録用さん (KOJ)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Disney

Golden Tsurumaru

Golden Tsurumaru   金の鶴丸ロゴ
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Sport
JA835J B787-8 JAL  [+] 2022

The second aircraft to ever wear a golden Tsurumaru logo (after A350 JA06XJ in 2021) was this 787 unveiled to celebrate the participation of the Japanese athletes in the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics & Paralympics, the former which were about to end.

Image  ©  EXIA01 (NRT)
Tags   National Olympic Team

Let's protect! World Treasure (World Nature Heritage #4)

Let's protect! World Treasure   守ろう！世界の宝
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Congratulations! World Natural Heritage Registration   おめでとう!世界自然遺産登録
Initiatives
JA337J B737-846 JAL  [+] 2021-22
JA228J EMB-170ST J-Air  [+] 2021-22
JA10JC ATR-42-600 JAC  [+] 2021-22

The last batch of World Natural Heritage Registration for the Okinawa & Kagoshima Prefectures saw an aircraft with decals at each JAL, J-Air and JAC. The area concerned by the registration consists of Amami Ōshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island. The three mascots present on the decals were: Kui-chan (Okinawa Rail), Amakuro (Amami rabbit) and Yamaneko Maya (Iriomote).

Images  ©  TIA spotter (HND), sky-spotter (FUK) & 記録用さん (KOJ)
Tags   Initiative, Mascots

Jomon Jet

Congratulations! World Cultural Heritage Registration   おめでとう！世界文化遺産登録
Jomon Archaeological Site Group in Northeastern Hokkaido   北海道・北東北の縄文遺跡群
JAL Jomon Jet   JAL JOMONジェット
Tourism
JA329J B737-846 JAL  [+] 2021-22

This special livery was unveiled after UNESCO registered the Jomon archaeological sites in the northeastern part of Hokkaido (Aomori, Iwate & Akita prefectures) as a World Cultural Heritage Site. The Jōmon period is the time in Japanese prehistory, traditionally dated between c. 14,000–300 BCE. The scheme incorporates drawings of children from the Aomori prefecture representing artefact from the Jomon sites.

Image  ©  青春の１ページさん (HND)
Tags   Children Drawings, Tourism

Tokyo 2020 Fly for it #3 Gold

Go Japan!   がんばろう日本！
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Tokyo 2020 - Fly for it!   一緒なら、もっと飛べる。
Everybody's JAL 2020 Jet みんなのJAL2020ジェット #3
Events, Sport
JA06XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] 2021

JAL unveiled its final logojet for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics just a few days prior to the opening of the Games. It was the third of the "Fly for it! - Everybody's Jal 2020 Jet" series, and for the very first time the Tsurumaru logo was painted gold on a JAL aircraft. This was to show the airline's support to the Japanese athletes, of whom 16 were displayed on the two sides of this A350 flying domestic routes: the decals included, on the port side, from left to right: Kazuma Kaya, Maai Murakami, Daiki Hashimoto and Kohei Uchimura (Gymnastics), Kei Nishikiori (Tennis), Nasa Hataoka (Golf), Takuya Haneda (Canoe), Ayumu Uekusa (Judo) and Hiroaki Kasai (Wheelchair Basketball). The starboard side included from the front: Kano Nijiki (Fencing), Kitaguchi Haruka and Tobe Naoto (Athletics), Abe Shi, Uta Abe and Shohei Ohno (Judo) as well as Yui Kamiji (Wheelchair Tennis).

Images  ©  Junichi Suzuki (HND) & Hajime Suzuki (ITM)
Tags   National Olympic Team, Olympics

Dream Express Fantasia 80

Fantasia 80 Years  
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Dream Express Fantasia 80   ドリームエクスプレスファンタジア80
Family
JA622J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2020-22

JAL continued its partnership with Disney & the Oriental Park in 2020 with this logojet celebrating the 80th anniversary of Fantasia, an animated film created by Walt Disney in 1940. The film consists of eight animated segments set to pieces of classical music where -among others- Mickey Mouse casts magic on a broom and manipulates stars and clouds in the night sky.

The special livery was different on the two sides of the aircraft and was unveiled on November 18, the "birthday" of Mickey & Minnie Mouse. The first flight of the aircraft in the special scheme was a sightseeing charter flight operating from Haneda as JL1940 and drawing a large "8" celebrating the 80th anniversary of the movie.

Images  ©  青春の１ページさん (ITM) & sky-spotter (HND)
Tags   Cartoon & Anime, Disney, Theme Park

Amabie Jet

Let's Go Japan! Safe, secure and new journey   行こうぜニッポン！安全 安心 新しい旅へ
Amabie Jet   アマビエジェット
Initiatives
JA613J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2020-23

Amabie (アマビエ) is a legendary Japanese mermaid or merman with three legs. When it reportedly appeared in 1846 its prophecy was "Good harvest will continue for six years from the current year; if disease spreads, draw a picture of me and show the picture of me to those who fall ill and they will be cured." During the COVID-19 epidemic, amabie became a popular topic on Twitter in Japan. A logo featuring an Amabie was added to the underside of this 767 in September 2020 and by early October large titles promoting the JAL campaign aiming at reassuring its customers were added. Note the Amabie decal under the fuselage is also present on J-Air E170 JA211J.

Image  ©  sky-spotter (HND)
Tags   Covid-19, Initiative

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay

Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay  
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Hope Lights Our Way  
Events, Sport
JA837J B787-8 JAL  [+] 2020

ANA and JAL are both official sponsors of the Tokyo 2020 Games and this rare "jointly-branded" aircraft was used to carry the Olympic Torch from Athens to Matsushima Air Self Defense Force base in Miyagi Prefecture on March 20,2020. This aircraft was not used for the torch relay in Japan itself and the special decals were removed shortly after the torch arrived in the country.

Image  ©  Marcy (NRT)
Tags   Olympics, Olympic Torch Relay

Japan Cultural Expo

Japan Cultural Expo   日本博
Fly to Beautiful Japan.  
Tourism
JA656J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2020-22

The 2020 Japan Expo, taking place in parallel with the Olympics, was to be a series of art exhibitions and performing arts performances by Agency for Cultural Affairs, the Japan Arts and Cultural Association, related ministries and agencies, cultural facilities, local governments, private companies and organizations to emphasize the beauty of Japan. Note the Expo inaugural and several events were cancelled due to the measures taken by the government against Covid-19.

Image  ©  Hajime Suzuki (HND)
Tags   Festival, Tourism

Shuri Castle #2 (A350)

The JAL Group will support the reconstruction of Shuri Castle.  
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JALグループは、首里城再建を応援してまいります。
Initiatives
JA05XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] 2020-21

The JAL Group -and in particular its JTA and RAC subsidiaries based in Okinawa- has shown support for reconstruction after the Shiru Castle, the palace of the former Ryukyu Kingdom, was partly destroyed by a fire on October 31, 2019. The fifth A350 of JAL had special decals applied when it operated the inaugural Haneda-Naha (Okinawa) service on February 1, 2020.

Image  ©  TIA spotter (HND)
Tags   Initiative, Museums & Buildings

20th Arashi Thanks Jet

20th Arashi Thanks Jet  
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6th Arashi Jet   6代目嵐JET
Entertainment
JA04XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] 2019-21

This scheme was the 6th generation of Arashi Jet at JAL. The Japanese boy band celebrated the 20th anniversary of its formation in late 2019 and this logojet was unveiled on the occasion. The port side displayed recent pictures of the singers while the starboard side showed the very same decals that were applied to the first Arashi Jet back in 2010 (JA8982).

Images  ©  sky-spotter (HND) & Esa Kaihlanen (CTS)
Tags   Music

Tokyo 2020 - Fly for it! #2

Tokyo 2020 - Fly for it!   一緒なら、もっと飛べる。
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Everybody's JAL 2020 Jet   みんなのJAL2020ジェット #2
Events, Sport
JA601J B767-346ER JAL  [+] 2019-20

Both ANA & JAL are official sponsors of the 2020 Summer Olympics to be held in Tokyo. They teamed up with a common motto to increase momentum for the event. JAL introduced 3 different logojets before the event. This second special livery was also flown on domestic flights, mainly from Haneda and Itami. The mascots of the Olympics (Milightwa - ミライトワ) and Paralympics (Somety - ソメイティ) were both visible on this plane; note both sides were different.

Images  ©  T Komichi (HND) & sky-spotter (KOJ)
Tags   Olympics

Airbus A350

Airbus A350  
 
Corporate
JA01XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] JAL red 「レッド」 2019-
JA02XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] Silver 「シルバー」 2019-
JA03XJ A350-941 JAL  [+] Green 「グリーン」 2019-

The first three A350 for JAL have been delivered with additional decals highlighting the entry into the fleet of the new type. The first aircraft wears red markings as a symbol of "challenge", while the second aircraft has silver markings for "innovation" and the third green ones for "eco" relative to the JAL Sky Eco initiative. Note the latter also has additional stickers on the engines promoting the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Images  ©  Soranchu (FUK), Hajime Suzuki (HND) & Soranchu (FUK)
Tags   Fleet