Japan Airlines (JAL) is primarily an airline company, but it has been making strategic investments and forming business alliances to enter the space industry. JAL supports space development by investing in lunar exploration companies like ispace and collaborating on projects like lunar lander development. They also participate in feasibility studies for sustainable space environment utilization in low Earth orbit with partners like JAXA, Blue Origin and Sierra Space. JAL aims to leverage its expertise in aviation to explore opportunities in space travel and contribute to the development of Japan's space industry.
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JALUX is part of the Japan Airlines Group.
SES won a contract with Japan Airlines to deliver multi-orbit in-flight connectivity for JAL’s Airbus and Boeing long-haul fleet.
Japan Airlines will install SES’s multi-orbit electronically steered antenna system on 20 Airbus A350-900 aircraft, 10 Boeing 787-9 aircraft as linefit, and 11 Boeing 787-9 aircraft as retrofit.
Japan Airlines expects linefit deliveries for SES’s multi-orbit electronically steered antenna system to begin in 2028.
JAL Group includes Japan Airlines, JAL Engineering, and JALUX, which is JAL Group’s trading company.
ispace and Japan Airlines (JAL) signed a basic agreement on November 28 to collaborate on the construction of transportation systems and infrastructure to support sustainable activities on the lunar surface.
Japan Airlines and JAL Engineering have previously supported ispace with air transportation of lunar lander parts and rovers, as well as with fuel pipeline welding, assembly, and testing.
ispace signed a basic agreement with Japan Airlines, JAL Engineering, and JALUX on December 3, 2025, for future lunar operations collaboration.
Japan Airlines began offering free inflight connectivity service for all passengers on its domestic routes starting in 2017.
Intelsat has been selected by Japan Airlines to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity service on more than 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered in the coming years.
The first linefit aircraft with Intelsat’s ESA inflight service for Japan Airlines is expected to be delivered in 2026.
Japan Airlines operates Boeing 737 and 767 aircraft flying with Intelsat’s 2Ku service.
Intelsat was selected by Japan Airlines to provide multi-orbit inflight connectivity service on more than 20 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft to be delivered in the coming years.
Japan Airlines has offered free inflight connectivity service for all passengers flying on its domestic routes since 2017.
Intelsat has reached an agreement with Japan Airlines to upgrade approximately 50 Boeing 737s and 767s to its 2Ku inflight connectivity solution.
ispace assembled the STM in April 2021 at a Japan Airlines facility near Narita International Airport before subjecting it to vibration, acoustics, and thermal vacuum tests at a facility near Tokyo.
Japan Airlines deployed Viasat’s Aerodocs document management system in 2020 to support the airline’s safety and compliance objectives.
Japan Airlines Corporation has invested in ispace and will provide a facility near Narita International Airport for the assembly, integration, and testing of the HAKUTO-R spacecraft.
Japan Airlines Engineering Co., Ltd. will provide a facility near Narita International Airport for the assembly, integration, and testing of HAKUTO-R lunar landers and will provide technical support including welding.
Japan Airlines Corporation became a Corporate Partner of HAKUTO-R on 2019-02-22.