I have flown on Japan Airlines (JAL) many times and have reviewed their long-haul First and Business Class flights. My trip reports can be found below.
Japan Airlines (JAL) offers a world-leading First class. In-flight, service is faultless with smiling faces. Staff are polite, professional and anticipatory. The food and the drinks menu is one of the best we have seen. The seat is oh so comfortable, especially in bed mode and the amenity kit is great – soft, snuggly pyjamas, a useful unisex kit plus gender-specific Shiseido face care kits. Why don’t more airlines provide the latter with cleanser, toner and moisturiser, which is definitely needed in the drying atmosphere of a plane? This is how long-haul travel should be.
Japan Airlines also ranks among my preferred airlines for Business Class. The seats are located in their own cocoon with high walls (earning them the designation “JAL Sky Suites”). The flatbed is almost as good as in First Class, and the food is mouthwatering. Japan Airlines codeshares with British Airways so you can sometimes book cheap tickets on JAL during British Airways sales.
If you fly on JAL from London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) in Business, you will be given access to the British Airways Galleries lounge in Terminal 3.
Below you will find my most recent flight reviews on Japan Airlines in Business Class:
Japan Airlines First & Business Class Reviews
Flight Review: Japan Airlines JAL Business Class Sky Suites Tokyo To New York
After a stop in Tokyo following my flight on Japan Airlines in their JAL Sky Suites Bangkok to Tokyo, I continued my journey on Japan Airlines to New York. Once again, my review describes the Business Class JAL Sky Suites. This Boeing 777-300 plane had a 4 class configuration, and I was seated in seat 12K in Business Class, the right window seat in the last row. The seat was almost identical to the Bangkok to Narita flight that I had previously flown. It had a 74-inch pitch, was 25.5 inches wide, and could recline into a fully flatbed.
Flight Review: Japan Airlines JAL Sky Suites Bangkok to Tokyo
In early August 2018, I was able to review my flight on JAL Japan Airlines in their Business Class Sky Suites, from Southeast Asia, Bangkok (BKK) to the US via Tokyo Narita Airport (NRT). I broke the trip by having a stopover in Tokyo. This is my impression of the Bangkok to Tokyo leg of the flight. Japan Airlines has two daily flights from Bangkok to Tokyo. I took the redeye flight in order to maximize my time in Tokyo. The flight, JL 718, left Bangkok at 11:30 pm and arrived in Narita Airport at 7:45 am in the morning.
Flight Review: Japan Airlines 777 Business Class Sky Suites Hong Kong To Tokyo
On a recent work trip in June, I took Japan Airlines Business Class from Hong Kong to Narita International Airport at Tokyo. The short 4 hour 30 minute flight took place in the late afternoon, and Japan Airlines used a Boeing 777-200ER for the flight. The seat for this flight featured the Sky Suites III product for Japan Airlines, which is their reverse herringbone seat. Japan Airlines is a bit unique in this sense that they have 5 different business class seats for international flights, and 2 for domestic. The Sky Suites III seats are probably my favourite type amongst their choices.
Flight Review: JAL Business Class Sky Suites Tokyo to Shanghai
In December 2017, I took Japan Airlines from Tokyo Haneda to Shanghai Pudong. The flight, JL 85, was on a Boeing 777-200ER and featured Japan Airlines’ latest business class seat, the Sky Suites III. Japan Airlines is a bit peculiar with their business class seats, as they have a total of 7 different types. Introduced in 2016 on their 777 planes, the Sky Suites III is a reverse herringbone seat configured in a 1-2-1 plan, so that all passengers have direct aisle access.
Review: Japan Airlines 777-300ER In First Class
JAL is an airline we have wanted to fly for some time, so when we found space on the direct Frankfurt to Narita Boeing 777-300ER flight in first class while planning our last US Airways redemption hurrah, we were delighted. Flying out of a non-hub airport is never ideal, but check-in at Frankfurt was excellent, with staff who remembered our names when we next saw them at the lounge and the gate. The lounge itself was ok. Food and drink options were limited, but it was a quiet and relaxing place to sit before boarding.
Review Of Japan Airlines B777 Business Class London to Tokyo
I flew Business Class in a Boeing 777-300ER on Japan Airlines (JAL) from London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) in Japan in June 2016. The airport lounge I was given access to was the British Airways Galleries lounge in Terminal 3. JAL ranks amongst our preferred airlines for Business Class. The seats are located in their own cocoon with high walls (earning them the designation ‘JAL Sky Suites), the flatbed is almost as good as in First Class, and the food is mouthwatering.
Review: Japan Airlines B777-200ER Business Class Sky Suite
Following my review of the Business Class Sky Suite on the Japan Airlines B777-300ER, I thought I would review the new Business Class product on Japan Airlines' Boeing 777-200ERs. These planes are mainly used for mid-range flights (including within Asia and Hawaii). This new product differs from what JAL offers on their Boeing 777-300ERs, 787s, and 767s. The Business Class Sky Suites on the B777-200ER are set up in a herringbone layout and are similar to the products offered on specific Cathay Pacific and Qatar Airways flights.
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