JO 073 (a JALways flight) departing from Honolulu to Narita on July 30 2009 will be the final 747-300 international passenger flight. JALPAK (the travel agency) has organized a special 2 nights 4 days package for this final flight. The package starts at 74700 yen (kids price).

The July issue of the Airline magazine is finally out (or should I say has finally arrived at the Japanese bookstore in LA). The July issue features the retirement of JAL's 747-300 fleet. JAL has planned to retire its entire 747-300 fleet in July (if I remember and read the Japanese correctly). You can find pictures of 747-300 from cockpit and cabin seats to wing and lavatory. It also features a history of JAL's 747-300 fleet and pictures and history of each of the 747-300 delivered to JAL. The MSRP for the magazine is 1200 yen (tax included) and of course it is way more expensive in the US (the price doubles!!!) so I probably will wait and buy this when I visited Japan in July. Hopefully they will still have them in stock. Last time the crane issue were all sold out when I visited Japan and they were gone too after I came back to LA :( Wish me better luck this time!