Japan Airlines (JAL) has released its Haneda international flight schedules today. Ticket sales starts tomorrow. You can see the official press release on JAL website. One thing to note is JAL is dropping First Class on SFO (JL001/002) (which my little birdie told me months ago, thanks! You know who you are :) JAL has a special page for the new Haneda international schedule which is in Japanese only (as expected)

I am on vacation right now (yes, I have been on vacation for a while :P) and will resume regular posting in July.

Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced it will maintain the current level of fuel surcharge for tickets issued between July and September. This is expected as JAL's fuel surcharge is calculated based on the average jet fuel price in Singapore. The average price for Feb-April 2010 is USD88.51 per barrel and therefore is still within the same range as last period. Next fuel surcharge revision will be on October 1 2010. Hopefully the current oil price drop will lower the surcharge next time.

Source: JAL Press Release

Still remember the theme song used for the launch of Japan Airlines' (JAL) new cabins? It's the song sung "I Will Be There With You" sung by Katharine Mcphee. Yes, it's the one you hear onboard all the time :) A while back JAL has announced there will be a Japanese version sung by Anri and I finally find the song! You can listen to the song on JAL Happy Eco Project site (there's a video there).

I will let you guys be the judge and decide on which one is better. Below is the original song by Katharine Mcphee. It's not the JAL Suite promotional video, this is something called the JAL Spirit video, probably one of the last videos you will see the 744 in it :(

Japan Airlines (JAL) was recognized as an "Eco-First" company by the Ministry of the Environment of Japan (MOE). The Eco-First Program was established in April 2008 to encourage companies to preserve the environment and to be in compliance with the Kyoto Protocol. The Dark Side was awarded this title in December 2008. So JAL is more than two years behind :(

Due to the political unrest in Bangkok which hurts tourist demand considerably, Japan Airlines (JAL) has announced a temporary frequency reductions to two of its Bangkok routes.