Japan Airlines (JAL) will revamp its JAL SKY MUSEUM tour, which includes visits to the hangar at Haneda Airport, on November 1. This is the first renewal since 2021, and the “Twilight” slot that allows hangar visits at dusk will return for the first time in four years.
As part of the renewal, the first-floor entrance has been updated to a clean, white-themed interior. The area in front of reception has been expanded to ease congestion, and monitors have been installed to display start times and guidance status. In the third-floor museum area, 117 free lockers have been added so visitors can store their luggage and tour light.
In the museum area, the “Archives Zone” that conveys aviation culture and history has refreshed its exhibits, now displaying amenity kits once provided in first and business class on international flights, folding fans distributed on board in the 1950s–1960s, and city guides to destinations produced around 1960. In the cabin crew uniform history section, a new display features the two-piece kimono used from the 1970s in the kimono service offered between 1954 and 1990. In the “Future Zone,” which showcases initiatives for the future, videos about the Amami Island drone and flying cars have been added.
The tour had previously run five days a week on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, but Friday has been added, making it six days a week. In addition to the existing three start times—9:30 a.m., 10:45 a.m., and 2:45 p.m.—two new slots have been added at 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., for a total of five sessions per day.
Responding to requests to extend time in the museum area, the duration of each session has been lengthened from 110 to 130 minutes. Following the existing 60 minutes in the museum area and 50 minutes in the hangar, an additional 20 minutes will be allocated to the museum area.
In the 4:30 p.m. Twilight slot, the hangar is toured around sunset, letting visitors enjoy the sun setting beyond the airport terminal and the changing colors of the sky. In the third-floor lounge overlooking the airport apron, there will also be a time when indoor lighting is turned off for photography. The schedule may be adjusted in summer when sunset occurs later.
Capacity per session is approximately 30 people for the Twilight slot and about 80 for other slots. The Twilight slot will be offered about two to three days per week, and may not be held in winter or other periods depending on sunset times.
▲The Twilight slot also lets you enjoy photography from the third-floor lounge.
With the renewal, an admission fee, previously free, will be introduced. The price is 1,000 yen for adults, payable by credit card at the time of advance reservation. Children 12 and under are free, and preschool-age children are not admitted.
The admission fees will be used to introduce new content, add previously unreleased historical materials and exhibits, and promote and preserve the digitization of data. The fees for the three existing paid programs—the Life Vest Experience Course (1,500 yen), STEAM SCHOOL (same price), and the In-flight Meal & “FUJI” aircraft Premium Course (8,000 yen)—will remain unchanged.
In addition, the museum shop has added new items: pouches and pen cases that partially use paper cups collected on board as raw material, red towel handkerchiefs, as well as stainless steel bottles (two colors) and mugs (two colors). To mark the first anniversary of the museum-exclusive Goshoin “Haneda Maintenance Factory” stamp, a limited-quantity special edition accented with gold foil will also be offered.
Since the mid-1950s, JAL has accepted tours of its aircraft maintenance facilities as part of its social contribution activities. When the tour facilities were expanded and reopened in 2013 as “JAL Factory Tour ~ SKY MUSEUM ~,” the company publicly exhibited its historical materials for the first time, and newly set up booths introducing the work of pilots, cabin attendants, and airport staff. Tours were suspended during the COVID-19 pandemic, but the exhibition area was fully renovated in 2021 and reopened in May 2022.
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