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Japan Airlines Corporation, or JAL, is an airline of Japan, the largest airline operator in Asia. It is based in Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, operating scheduled and non-scheduled international and domestic flights. Its main bases are Narita International Airport and Tokyo International Airport, Tokyo. It has 17,925 employees (as of March 2007). Two companies operated under the JAL brand: Japan Airlines Domestic had primary responsibility for JAL's large network of intra-Japan flights, while JAL International operated both international and trunk domestic flights. On October 1, 2006, Japan Airlines International and Japan Airlines Domestic merged into a single brand, Japan Airlines International. JAL Corporation also owns seven smaller airlines which feed or supplement mainline JAL flights: Hokkaido Air System, JAL Express, JALways, J-Air, Japan Air Commuter, Japan Asia Airways (to merge into JAL), Japan Transocean Air, Ryukyu Air Commuter. JAL has the largest fleet of Boeing 747s in the world (approximately 64, as of April 2007).

Children up to 2 years old (24 months), are not required to have their own seat. You can also choose to purchase a seat for your infant as long as you have the proper child restraint device. A child up to 2 years old (24 months) is usually charged 10% of an adult fare plus taxes, even if the infant will be on the lap of another passenger for the flight.

Each passenger is allowed to carry on one bag and one personal item such as a purse or briefcase. Maximum dimensions of carry-on luggage: 22in x 16in x 10in/55cm x 40cm x 25cm, maximum weight of carry-on luggage: 22 lb/10 kg. Each passenger is allowed two checked bags as long as each bag adheres to the below requirements. Flights to and from USA (including Guam), Canada, Mexico or Brazil: •    First/Executive Class: Each piece cannot exceed 62 linear inches/158 cm  or 70 lb/32 kg. •    Economy Class: Each piece cannot exceed 62 linear inches/158 cm (the sum of the linear dimensions of two pieces must not exceed 107 in/273 cm) or 70 lb/32 kg. •    Infants flying on an infant fare, each passenger is limited to one piece of checked baggage with a total linear dimension less than 45in/ 115 cm and one additional item consisting of any of the following: folding infant stroller, portable infant rocking cradle, or car seat. Flights to and from places other than USA (including Guam), Canada, Mexico or Brazil: •    First class: Checked baggage whose sum weight does not exceed 40 kg. •    Executive class: Checked baggage whose sum weight does not exceed 30 kg. •    Economy class: Checked baggage whose sum weight does not exceed 20 kg. •    Infants flying on an infant fare, checked baggage whose sum weight does not exceed 22 lbs/ 10 kg, and one additional item consisting of folding infant stroller, or portable infant rocking cradle, or car seat. A single excess baggage charge applies to each piece of checked baggage that exceeds the free baggage allowance depending on the destination location: •    Guam: 8,300 yen •    Honolulu, Kona: 16,200 yen •    Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles: 19,800 yen •    Chicago, New York, Mexico City: 22,000 yen •    Sao Paulo: 34,800 yen On flights to and from places other than USA (including Guam), Canada, Mexico or Brazil if checked baggage weighing in excess of the free baggage allowance, it will be charged at a rate per kilogram equivalent to 1.5% of the highest normal direct adult one-way economy class fare in effect on the date of issuance of an excess baggage ticket.