JAL Express

JAL Express

JAL Express Co., Ltd. (JEX) (株式会社ジャル エクスプレス, Kabushiki-gaisha Jaru Ekusupuresu?), is a airline with its headquarters in the Tokyo International Airport and in Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan, and its main hub at Tokyo International Airport. The airline also maintains offices in the Japan Airlines Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan. Its operations include scheduled and non-scheduled passenger services to eight regional destinations across Japan. In addition, the airline operates additional 15 destinations in Japan and two destinations in the People's Republic of China on behalf of Japan Airlines, under a wet-lease agreement. It has a fleet of 20 Boeing 737 aircraft.

JAL Express is a wholly owned subsidiary of Japan's flag carrier, Japan Airlines and an affiliate member of the Oneworld alliance. The airline was founded on April 1, 1997, and began operations with a Boeing 737-400 on July 1, 1998. It celebrated its tenth anniversary of establishment and first flight in April 2007 and July 2008, respectively. The airline operated its first international flight in May 2009 and now flies to Hangzhou and Shanghai. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 1999, JAL Express, together with its sister airlines within the JAL Group, carried over 32 million passengers and over 1.1 million tons of cargo and mail.