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JCN Newswires, Oct 5, 2008

Tokyo, Oct 2, 2008 - (JCN Newswire) - Japan Airlines(JAL) will put into service a specially decorated aircraft to support

Tokyo's bid for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

JAL is an official partner of the Tokyo 2016 Bid Committee. In support of the committee's activities, the airline has decorated one of its B767-300 aircraft with a special Tokyo 2016 Olympic/ Paralympic Games bid design. The design incorporates the committee's logo and Japanese catchphrase as well as an attractive rainbow motif.

The aircraft will serve on domestic Japan routes helping to raise awareness and support from the skies for the Olympic bid throughout the country.

Routes the aircraft will serve on are as follows: Tokyo (Haneda) - Komatsu, Tokyo (Haneda) - Matsuyama, Osaka (Kansai) - Sapporo, and Osaka (Kansai) - Okinawa (Naha).

For more information on Tokyo's Olympic/ Paralympic Games bid please visit:

http://www.tokyo2016.or.jp/en/

In the past JAL was given the privilege of carrying the Olympic Torch from Athens to Japan for the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. More recently JAL was the official airline for the Japanese national team for the 29th Olympic Summer Games in Beijing, China in August 2008.

JAL is also a supporter of Special Olympics Nippon (SON), the Japan branch of the Special Olympics. For the 2007 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Shanghai, JAL provided assistance to Special Olympics Nippon by providing air transportation to the team of athletes from Japan and SON members of staff.

About JAL

Asia's largest airline group, the JAL Group (TSE: 9205) serves 213 airports in 33 countries and territories, including 61 airports in Japan. The Group network extends over 235 international passenger, 39 international cargo, and 160 domestic routes. Altogether, the 9 airlines of the JAL Group make a total of over 1,200 flights a day, and in fiscal year 2006 carried nearly 58 million passengers. JAL Group operates a fleet of 276 aircraft including 64 Boeing 747s and 39 state-of-the-art B777s and is gradually introducing more fuel efficient medium and small-size aircraft such as the new high-tech Boeing 787 and B737 New Generation. For more information, please visit www.jal.com .

Source: JAL

Contact:

Stephen Pearlman
Public Relations Manager,
Japan Airlines

4-11, Higashi-shinagawa 2-chome,
Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 140-8605 JAPAN

Tel:  81-3-5460-3109  Fax:  81-3-5460-3108
Email: stephen.pearlman@jal.com

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