JAL sets retirement date for its B777s

In its Q1 financial update for 2021, Japan Airlines has announced it plans to have retired all of its remaining seven B777-200s and thirteen B777-300ERs by 2024. All will be replaced by either the A350-900 or A350-1000. The airline will now also start referring to the Airbus as its flagship-aircraft.

In total, JAL has ordered eighteen A350-900s and thirteen A350-1000s. So far it has taken delivery of eight A350-900s, which are currently all being deployed on domestic routes. 

The airline also announced it plans to grow the fleet of subsidiary ZIPAIR to ten Dreamliners by 2025. Currently, the airline flies two B787-8s is expeting to take delivery of number three and four before the end of this year. All additional B787s will be transferred from Japan Airlines, just like its current two.

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