To mark its recent addition to the global airline alliance, the first of two Boeing 777s that Japan Airlines (JAL) is painting with a special oneworld design has made its maiden flight. The aircraft, a Boeing 777ER, will initially operate between Japan, Amsterdam and Paris, as well as on other European routes in the future.
JAL plans to roll out a second 777 in its special oneworld livery at the end of this month ” a Series 300 version which will fly on the airline's Japanese domestic routes.
The carrier became a member of oneworld on 1 April, and has been offering the full range of the alliance's services and benefits since then. Five other members of the JAL Group became part of oneworld alongside Japan Airlines on the same day, as affiliates ” JALways, Japan Asia Airways, JAL Express, J-AIR and Japan Transocean Air.
Joining oneworld alongside JAL and its five affiliates on 1 April were also Mal”v Hungarian Airlines and Royal Jordanian as members, and LAN Argentina and LAN Ecuador as affiliates, in the alliance's biggest expansion in its history.