Japan Airlines (JAL) has decided to retire its second Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. JAL is retiring the JA731J, the first aircraft of this model that it introduced.
The last flight will be JL015, departing from Los Angeles at 1:40 PM on May 26 and arriving in Tokyo/Haneda at 5:25 PM the next day.
The aircraft was delivered on June 15, 2004, and had its first flight from Tokyo/Narita to Singapore on July 1 of the same year. After the last flight, retirement maintenance will take several months.
The cabin configuration is as follows: First Class “JAL SUITE” with an “1-2-1” arrangement with 8 seats, Business Class “JAL SKY SUITE” with “2-3-2” arrangement with 49 seats, Premium Economy Class “JAL SKY PREMIUM” with “2-3-2” arrangement with 40 seats, and Economy Class “JAL SKY WIDER” with “3-3-3” arrangement with 147 seats, totaling 244 seats.
JAL had 13 Boeing 777-300ER aircraft for long-haul international routes, but has already retired one. With the introduction of the new Airbus A350-1000 as the flagship for international routes, they will be retired in stages.
