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{{Short description|Defunct regional airline of Japan (1971–2006)}}
{{Distinguish|Japan Airlines}}
{{Infobox airline
| airline          = Japan Airlines Domestic Co., Ltd.<br />{{nobold|{{nihongo2|日本航空国内線}}<br />{{transliteration|ja|Nihon Kōkū Kokunaisen}}}}
| logo             = Japan Airlines logo (2002–2011).svg
| logo_size        = 150
| image            = Airbus A300B4-622R, Japan Airlines (JAL) JP441086.jpg
| IATA             = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | JD (1971–2004)
  | JL (2004–2006)}}
| ICAO             = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | TDA (1971–1988)
  | JAS (1988–2004)
  | JFL (2004–2006)}}
| callsign         = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | TOADOMES (1971–1988)
  | AIR SYSTEM (1988–2004)
  | J-BIRD (2004–2006)}}
| aoc              =
| frequent_flyer   = JAL Mileage Bank
| alliance         = 
| fleet_size       = 81
| destinations     = 46
| parent           = [[JAL Group]]
| num_employees    = 
| founded          = 
| commenced        = {{ubl|
  | {{start date|1971|05|15}}<br />{{small|(amalgamation; as ''TDA - Toa Domestic Airlines'')}}
  | {{start date|1988|04|01}}<br />{{small|(as ''Japan Air System (JAS)'')}}
  | {{start date|2004|04|06}}<br />{{small|(as ''Japan Airlines Domestic'')}}}}
| ceased           = {{ubl|
  | {{end date|1988|04|01}}<br />{{small|(as ''TDA - Toa Domestic Airlines'')}}
  | {{end date|2004|04|06}}<br />{{small|(as ''Japan Air System (JAS)'')}}
  | {{end date|2006|10|01}}<br />{{small|(merged into [[Japan Airlines]])}}}}
| hubs             = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Itami Airport|Osaka–Itami]]
  | [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo–Haneda]]}}
| secondary_hubs   = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Fukuoka Airport|Fukuoka]]
  | [[Kagoshima Airport|Kagoshima]]
  | [[New Chitose Airport|Sapporo–Chitose]]}}
| focus_cities     = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Kansai International Airport|Osaka–Kansai]]
  | [[Narita International Airport|Tokyo–Narita]]}}
| subsidiaries     = {{ubl|class=nowrap
  | [[Harlequin Air]] {{small|(1997–2005)}}
  | [[Hokkaido Air System]] {{small|(1997–2006)}}
  | [[Japan Air Commuter]] {{small|(1983–2006)}}}}
| headquarters     = [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| key_people       = 
| website          = [https://web.archive.org/web/20030212210519/http://www.jas.co.jp/ www.jas.co.jp]
}}

'''Japan Air System''' <!--Please refrain from adding the Japanese name to this section, as it have already been clearly specified in the Infobox. Reiterating the native name in the Lede is unnecessary and redundant.-->('''JAS'''), later known as '''Japan Airlines Domestic''' from 2004, was the smallest of the big three Japanese [[airline]]s. In contrast to the other two, [[Japan Airlines|JAL]] and [[All Nippon Airways|ANA]], JAS' international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by the two larger airlines. As an independent company, it was last headquartered in the JAS M1 Building at [[Haneda Airport]] in [[Ōta, Tokyo]]. It has since merged with [[Japan Airlines]].

JAS was famous for its variety of aircraft liveries; Amy Chavez of ''[[The Japan Times]]'' described the rainbow liveries as "abstract." Many of its color schemes in the 1990s were designed by film director [[Akira Kurosawa]].<ref name="AmyChavezJAS">Chavez, Amy. "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fl20080223cz.html Japan takes flight]." ''[[The Japan Times]]''. December 23, 2008. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref>

The airline's slogan was "Good Speed Always".

==History==
[[File:Toa Domestic Airlines NAMC YS-11 JA8750.jpg|thumb|left|A [[NAMC YS-11]] operating under the former name ''Toa Domestic''.]]

===Formation===
The company was originally formed as {{Nihongo|'''Toa Domestic Airlines'''|東亜国内航空|Tōa Kokunai Kōkū}} (TDA) in a merger between [[Toa Airways]] and [[Japan Domestic Airlines]] on May 15, 1971.<ref name="CompanyInfo">"[https://web.archive.org/web/19991106011430/http://www.jas.co.jp/E_jai1.htm COMPANY INFORMATION]." Japan Air System. November 6, 1999. Retrieved on January 13, 2009. "Headquarters: JAS M1 Bldg. 5-1 Haneda kuko 3-chome, Ota-ku, Tokyo 144-0041 Japan"</ref> It adopted the Japan Air System (JAS) name on April 1, 1988.<ref name="CompanyInfo"/>

===Start of international service===
In 1988, Japan Air System began service from Narita to [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], and [[Taiwan]], and by 1993 JAS was also flying to [[Singapore]], [[Honolulu]] and [[Indonesia]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1993-jas-japan-air-system-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6332|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415102823/http://airchive.com/html/timetable-and-route-maps/asian-airlines-timetables-route-maps-and-history/1993-jas-japan-air-system-timetables-route-maps-and-history/6332|url-status=usurped|archive-date=April 15, 2013|title=1993 - JAS (Japan Air System) Timetables, Route Maps, and History|publisher=Airchive.com|access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref> In 1995 the airline had 99 domestic routes, some international routes, 64 offices in Japan, one office in [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], and one office in [[Guangzhou]], [[People's Republic of China]].<ref name="CompanyInfo"/>

JAS entered into a partnership with [[Northwest Airlines]] in 1999 following several years of negotiations, allowing Northwest to codeshare on JAS domestic routes from Kansai Airport in Osaka and JAS to codeshare on Northwest flights between Japan and the US. On Northwest's [[Freedom of the air|fifth freedom]] flights between Japan and Asia, JAS was limited to codesharing on Northwest routes that JAS also had the authority to fly, such as Tokyo-Seoul.<ref>{{cite news|title=Northwest Airlines cements alliance with JAS|url=http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/northwest-airlines-cements-alliance-with-jas-52627/|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=Flightglobal|date=16 June 1999}}</ref>

===Boeing 777 livery design contest===
[[File:JA010D 2 B777-289 JAS Japan Air System HND 25MAY03 (8496440127).jpg|thumb|13-year old ''Masatomo Watanabe'' designed the livery of the JAS [[Boeing 777-200]]]]

In 1996, Japan Air System held a contest for designing the livery of the Boeing 777.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20070705115614/http://www.boeing.com/companyoffices/aboutus/boejapan.html The Boeing Company and Japan]." ''[[Boeing]]''. July 5, 2007. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref> The youngest entrant was three years of age while the oldest was 84.<ref name="RainbowDesignMain">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010618235100/http://www.jas.co.jp/new777/e/g.htm JAS <nowiki>[B777]</nowiki> Rainbow Design Competition]." () ''Japan Air System''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref> A total of 10,364 participants from 42 countries submitted entries.<ref name="RainbowDesignMain"/><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010619000212/http://www.jas.co.jp/new777/e/jisshi.htm The course of the competition]." () ''Japan Air System''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref> The judges included [[Akira Kurosawa]], [[Masuo Ikeda]], [[Kenshi Hirokane]], [[Yoshiko Sakurai]], and {{Nihongo|{{ill|Yusuke Kaji|ja|梶祐輔}}|梶 祐輔|''Kaji Yūsuke''}}.<ref name="RainbowDesignMain"/> Thirteen-year-old {{Nihongo|Masatomo Watanabe|渡部 真丈|''Watanabe Masatomo''}}, a male second year ([[Eighth grade|Grade 8]]) [[junior high school]] student living near [[Chitose Airport]], won the award.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010701073314/http://www.jas.co.jp/new777/e/sy.htm It was a 13-year-old boy who gave JAS a fantastic present!]." () ''Japan Air System''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref> The Japan Air System Boeing 777, painted in Watanabe's design, premiered in April 1997 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of Japan Air System.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19990117061858/http://www.jas.co.jp/new777/e/indexe.htm Rainbow Design Competition/Presenting the result]." () ''Japan Air System''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref>

===Merger with Japan Airlines===
[[File:JapanAirSystemA300withJALLogo.JPG|thumb|left|A Japan Air System [[Airbus A300-600R]] with the JAL "Arc of the Sun" logo on the body]]

JAS and [[Japan Airlines]] announced their merger in November 2001. It was the first major airline industry realignment in Japan in three decades, and partly a consequence of the slump in worldwide air traffic following the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] in the United States.<ref>{{cite news|last=Belson|first=Ken|title=Japan Airlines and Japan Air System Take Merger Move|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/13/business/japan-airlines-and-japan-air-system-take-merger-move.html|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=New York Times|date=13 November 2001}}</ref> At the time, JAL had only a 25% share of the Japanese domestic air travel market, half that of rival [[All Nippon Airways]], and saw the merger as a means of providing stronger competition to ANA domestically.<ref>{{cite news|title=Japan Airlines, JAS Reported Near Merger|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-nov-12-fi-3174-story.html|access-date=17 July 2013|newspaper=Associated Press|date=12 November 2001}}</ref>

JAS and JAL prepared an integrated timetable in August 2002. On October 2, 2002, they established a new holding company, {{Nihongo|'''Japan Airlines System'''|日本航空システム|''Nihon Kōkū Shisutemu''}}, with Isao Kaneko as CEO. A new "Arc of the Sun" livery for the JAL group was announced in September 2002 and the first aircraft with the livery rolled out in November. On April 1, 2004, Japan Airlines changed its name to ''Japan Airlines International'' and Japan Air System changed its name to {{nihongo|'''Japan Airlines Domestic'''|日本航空国内線|Nihon Kōkū Kokunaisen}}, officially ending the JAS brand.<ref>{{cite web|title=History of JAL|url=http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/jas/age_01-10.html|publisher=Japan Airlines|access-date=17 July 2013}}</ref> Japan Airlines Domestic was merged with Japan Airlines International on October 1, 2006, and disappeared both in name and reality.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

At the time of its integration into JAL, JAS operated the [[Airbus A300]], [[Boeing 777]], [[MD-80]] and [[MD-90]]. Most continued flying as part of the JAL fleet, but three A300s were scrapped at [[Sendai Airport]] in 2002, while two others were transferred to [[Fly Air]] in [[Turkey]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==Corporate affairs==
[[File:JAL Maintenance Center 01.jpg|thumb|The JAL Maintenance Center, formerly the corporate headquarters]]
[[File:Mori Building 37 -01.jpg|thumb|Mori Building 37 in Tokyo, where JAS once had its headquarters]]

When Toa Domestic Airlines was originally established on May 15, 1971, its headquarters were located at the [[Japan Airlines]] Haneda Maintenance Center (羽田日本航空メンテナンスセンター ''Haneda Nihon Kōkū Mentanensu Sentā'') at [[Haneda Airport|Tokyo International Airport]] (Haneda Airport) in [[Ōta, Tokyo|Ōta]], [[Tokyo]]. On February 28, 1972, its headquarters were moved to {{nihongo|Mori Building No. 18|第18森ビル|''Dai-jūhachi Mori Biru''}} in [[Minato, Tokyo|Minato]], Tokyo.<ref>"[http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/jas/age_71-80.html JAS 1971-1980]." Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 6, 2011. "[...]Japan Airlines Maintenance Center (9-1, 1-chome Haneda Airport, Ota-ku, Tokyo)" and "[...]Mori Building No. 18 (28 Nishikubo Akefunecho, Minato-ku, Tokyo)."</ref><ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20060516132532/http://www.jal.com/ja/history/history/jas/age_71-80.html JAS 1971-1980]." (Japanese) Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 13, 2011. "[...]羽田日本航空メンテナンスセンター（東京都大田区羽田空港1丁目9番1号）" and "[...]第18森ビル（東京都港区西久保明舟町28番）"</ref> On July 31, 1990, the headquarters moved from Mori Building No. 18 to {{nihongo|Mori Building No. 37|第37森ビル|Dai-sanjūshichi Mori Biru}},<ref>"[http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/jas/age_81-90.html 1981-1990]." Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 6, 2011. "Moved JAS headquarters from Mori Building No. 18 to Mori Building No. 37."</ref><ref>"[http://www.jal.com/ja/history/history/jas/age_81-90.html 1981-1990] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110915012921/http://www.jal.com/ja/history/history/jas/age_81-90.html |date=2011-09-15 }}." (Japanese) Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 13, 2011. "本社を第18森ビルから第37森ビルへ移転。"</ref> located in [[Toranomon]]. On April 18, 1998, the head office moved to {{nihongo|Haneda Maintenance Center 1|羽田メンテナンスセンター1|''Haneda Mentanansu Sentā''|or JAS M1 Building}} at Haneda Airport.<ref name="CompanyInfo"/><ref>"[http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/jas/age_91-00.html JAS 1991-2000]." Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 6, 2011.</ref><ref>"[http://www.jal.com/ja/history/history/jas/age_91-00.html JAS 1991-2000] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916043616/http://www.jal.com/ja/history/history/jas/age_91-00.html |date=2011-09-16 }}." (Japanese) Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 13, 2011. "虎ノ門第37森ビルから羽田メンテナンスセンター1へ。"</ref> On August 11, 2003, as JAS was being merged into Japan Airlines, the JAS headquarters moved from Haneda Maintenance Center 1 to the JAL Building in [[Shinagawa, Tokyo|Shinagawa]], Tokyo.<ref>"[http://www.jal.com/en/history/history/jas/age_01-10.html JAS 2001-2004]." Japan Airlines. Retrieved on December 6, 2011.</ref>

==Destinations before merger==
===Domestic===
*'''{{JPN}}'''
**[[Greater Tokyo Area]]<ref name="InternationalJan15"/>
**[[Tokyo]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010421225155/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_oka.htm Month : 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 OKINAWA/AMAMIISLAND AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="Kyūshū20010421">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010421224343/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_kyu.htm Month : 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 KYUSYU AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="Hokkaido20010421">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010421024939/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_hkd.htm Month: 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 HOKKAIDO AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="Tohoku20010421">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010421224744/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_thk.htm Month : 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 TOHOKU AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010417220453/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_chs.htm Month: 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 CHUGOKU/SHIKOKU AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="Kanto20010421">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010421022438/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0102-3/e_knt.htm Month: 2001/2/1 - 2001/3/31 KANTO AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="Kansai20010312">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010312062000/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0012-1/e_knk.htm Month: 2000/12/22 - 2001/1/8 KANSAI/KINKI AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="ChubuHokuriku20010312">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010312061122/http://www.jas.co.jp/timetable/e_0012-1/e_chh.htm Month: 2000/12/22 - 2001/1/8 CHUBU/HOKURIKU AREA]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref>
**[[Osaka]]
**[[Greater Osaka Area]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/><ref name="International2000Jan22"/>
**[[Toyooka]]<ref name="Kansai20010312"/>
**[[Shirahama, Wakayama|Shirahama]]<ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Nagoya]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/>
**[[Komatsu, Ishikawa|Komatsu]]<ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Matsumoto, Nagano|Matsumoto]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/>
**[[Niigata, Niigata|Niigata]]<ref name="ChubuHokuriku20010312"/>
**[[Akita, Akita|Akita]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/>
**[[Aomori, Aomori|Aomori]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Misawa, Aomori|Misawa]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Hanamaki]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421"/><ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/>
**[[Sendai]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/>
**[[Yamagata, Yamagata|Yamagata]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/>
**[[Hiroshima, Hiroshima|Hiroshima]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Okayama, Okayama|Okayama]]<ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/>
**[[Izumo, Shimane|Izumo]]<ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Asahikawa, Hokkaidō|Asahikawa]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Kushiro, Hokkaidō|Kushiro]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Memanbetsu, Hokkaidō|Memanbetsu]] (now [[Ozora, Hokkaido|Ozora]])<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Obihiro, Hokkaido|Obihiro]]<ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Sapporo]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Fukuoka, Fukuoka|Fukuoka]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421"/><ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Hokkaido20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Kitakyūshū]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Kagoshima, Kagoshima|Kagoshima]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/><ref name="International2000Jan22"/>
**[[Kumamoto, Kumamoto|Kumamoto]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Miyazaki, Miyazaki|Miyazaki]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Oita, Oita|Oita]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Matsuyama, Ehime|Matsuyama]]<ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/>
**[[Takamatsu, Kagawa|Takamatsu]]<ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Kōchi, Kōchi|Kōchi]]<ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Tokushima, Tokushima|Tokushima]]<ref name="ChugokuShikoku20010417"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Amami Ōshima]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421"/><ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Kagoshima]]
**[[Naha]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421"/><ref name="Tohoku20010421"/><ref name="Kanto20010421"/>
**[[Tokunoshima]]<ref name="Okinawa20010421"/><ref name="Kyūshū20010421"/>

===International===
*'''{{CHN}}'''
**[[Guangzhou]] – [[Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (former)|Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport]]<ref name="International2000Jan22">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000122215050/http://www.jas.co.jp/inter/e_tt11_3.htm JAS International Timetable NOVEMBER 1, 1999- MARCH 25, 2000]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref><ref name="International2001April18">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010418044644/http://www.jas.co.jp/inter/e_timetable/index_e.htm International Flight Information (Effective October 29, 2000?`March 24, 2001)]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref>
**[[Kunming]] – [[Kunming Wujiaba International Airport]]<ref name="International2000Jan22"/><ref name="International2001April18"/>
**[[Xi'an]] – [[Xi'an Xianyang International Airport]]<ref name="InternationalJan15">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20000115132721/http://www.jas.co.jp/inter/e_tt9910.htm INTERNATIONAL TIMETABLE OCTOBER 1 - 31, 1999]."</ref><ref name="International2001April18"/>
*'''{{IDN}}'''
**[[Jakarta]] – [[Soekarno–Hatta International Airport]]<ref name="JL_International"/><ref name="i" />
*'''{{HKG}}'''
**[[Hong Kong]]<ref name="International2000Jan22"/><ref name="International2001April18"/>
***[[Kai Tak Airport]] (demolished)
***[[Hong Kong International Airport]]
*'''{{KOR}}'''
**[[Seoul]]<ref name="International2000Jan22"/><ref name="International2001April18"/>
***[[Gimpo International Airport]]
***[[Incheon International Airport]]
*'''{{SIN}}'''
**[[Changi Airport]] (closed prior to JAS's dissolution)<ref name="JASHonoluluSingapore">"[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE3DD103AF933A05755C0A965958260 COMPANY NEWS; Japanese Give Boeing $820 Million Order]." ''[[The New York Times]]''. June 30, 1993.</ref>
*'''{{TWN}}'''
**[[Taichung]] – [[Taichung International Airport]]
**[[Taipei]] – [[Chiang Kai-shek International Airport]]<ref name="JL_International">{{cite web|url=https://www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/route/|title=International Routes|website=Japan Airlines|access-date=2022-05-04|archive-date=2021-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210117091247/https://www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/route/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="i">Appears in [http://www.jal.co.jp/en/inter/time/ current international timetable]</ref>
*'''{{USA}}'''
**[[Honolulu]] – [[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport]]

==Subsidiaries==
Japan Air System had the following subsidiaries:<ref>"[http://www.jal.com/en/ir/finance/pdf/line/b020930.pdf 2002/11/15 Interim Financial Information] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215043239/http://www.jal.com/en/ir/finance/pdf/line/b020930.pdf|date=2012-02-15|pages=38 (identifies the company), 40 (lists the subsidiaries)}}." [[Japan Airlines]].</ref>
*[[Japan Air Commuter]]
*[[Hokkaido Air System]]
*[[Harlequin Air]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=28–29 October 1999 |title=Japan Air System to cut 1,000 jobs |department=Financial/Business; Japan Airlines; General Financial/Business News |location=TOKYO |id=AP-Japan-JAS-Jobs, D70CG2M00 (RF); 1310 (IPC). {{Factiva|asp0000020010826dvas02ap2}}. {{NewsBank text|141698D2DE4DD3E8}}, {{NewsBank text|plainlink=yes|0F8A22E71E9FF8DB}}. <!-- was at http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-23866640.html --> |agency=[[Associated Press]]}}</ref>

==Fleet==
[[File:Japan Air System Airbus A300 JetPix.jpg|thumb|A Japan Air System [[Airbus A300B4]] taxiing at [[Haneda Airport]] in 1996]]
[[File:B777 & MD90.jpg|thumb|JAS MD-90 and 777 aircraft]]

Japan Air System (later known as Japan Airlines Domestic) had operated the following aircraft prior to merger with [[Japan Airlines]]:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aerobernie.bplaced.net/Toa%20Domestic.html|title=Japan Air System}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center"
|+ Japan Air System fleet
|-
!Aircraft
!Total
!Introduced
!Retired
!Notes
|-
|[[Airbus A300B2]]
|9
|1980
|rowspan="3"|2006
|<ref name="PhotoGallery20010628">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20010628181754/http://www.jas.co.jp/E_GA1.htm Photo Gallery]." ''Japan Air System''.</ref>
|-
|[[Airbus A300B4]]
|8
|1986
|
|-
|[[Airbus A300-600R]]
|22
|1998
|<ref name="PhotoGallery20010628"/>
|-
|[[Beechcraft Model 18]]
|2
|1973
|1976
|
|-
|[[Beechcraft 200]]
|3
|1991
|1998
|
|-
|[[Boeing 727-100]]
|4
|1972
|1976
|
|-
|[[Boeing 777-200]]
|7
|1996
|2006
|<ref name="Kanto20010421"/><ref name="DeliversFirst777">"[https://web.archive.org/web/20110517105746/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-18901915.html Japan Air System Accepts its First Pratt-Powered 777]." ''PR Newswire''.</ref>
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31]]
|2
|1973
|1975
|Leased from [[Hughes Airwest]].
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41]]
|22
|1974
|1997
|One written off as [[Japan Air System Flight 451|Flight 451]]. <br> Remaining aircraft sold to [[Airborne Express]].
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-51]]
|1
|1977
|1978
|Leased from [[Finnair]].
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30]]
|2
|1988
|2000
|Sold to [[Northwest Airlines]].<ref name="PeterPanDC10">''Airliner Color History: McDonnell Douglas DC-10''. [https://books.google.com/books?id=W24Nh8pa4PoC&dq=%22japan+air+system%22+%22dc+10%22&pg=PA80 80].</ref>
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas MD-81]]
|26
|1981
|rowspan="3"|2006
|<ref name="PhotoGallery20010628"/>
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas MD-87]]
|8
|1988
|<ref name="Kanto20010421"/><ref name="PhotoGallery20010628"/>
|-
|[[McDonnell Douglas MD-90-30]]
|16
|1995
|<ref name="Kanto20010421"/><ref name="PhotoGallery20010628"/>
|-
|[[NAMC YS-11]]
|46
|1971
|1996
|
|-
|}

==Credit cards==
In association with [[Visa Inc.|Visa]], [[MasterCard]], and [[Japan Credit Bureau]] JAS had "JAS Card" [[credit card]]s. In addition, JAS had "Sky Merit" cards.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/19970131065803/http://www.jas.co.jp/jactop.htm Card]" (Japanese). ''Japan Air System''. Retrieved on March 1, 2009.</ref>

==Accidents and incidents==
*July 3, 1971, [[Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63]]: A [[NAMC YS-11A]] owned by Toa Domestic Airlines crashed into terrain, killing all 68 occupants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=07031971&reg=JA8764&airline=Toa+Domestic+Airline|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107041547/http://www.airdisaster.com/cgi-bin/view_details.cgi?date=07031971&reg=JA8764&airline=Toa+Domestic+Airline|archive-date=2009-01-07|title=Accident Database: Accident Synopsis 07031971|publisher=Airdisaster.com|date=1971-07-03|url-status=usurped|access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19710703-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident NAMC YS-11A-217 JA8764 Yokotsu Mt|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|date=1971-07-03|access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref>
*May 25, 1975: A [[NAMC YS-11A]] (JA8680) had a hydraulic oil leak and forced the crew to return to Osaka. During landing, one of the tires blew causing the aircraft to veer off the runway. The aircraft crossed a sod area and a drainage ditch. The cause of the oil leak was a loose connection of the hydraulic line in the left flap well.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19750528-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident NAMC YS-11-125 JA8680 Osaka-Itami Airport (ITM)|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=2022-01-12}}</ref>
*April 18, 1993, [[Japan Air System Flight 451]]: A [[McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41]], flying from Nagoya to Hanamaki, crashed after the aircraft, caught by wind shear, skidded off of the runway. All of the passengers and crew survived.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19930418-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 JA8448 Morioka-Hanamaki Airport (HNA)|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=2014-03-01}}</ref>
[[File:JAS Flight 979 wreckage.jpg | thumb|right | Aftermath of the landing gear accident of JAS Flight 979]]
*January 1, 2004, Japan Air System Flight 979: A [[McDonnell Douglas MD-81]] (JA8297) sustained substantial damage in a landing gear accident at Tokunoshima. On landing, the aircraft's left main landing gear collapsed during rollout and its left wing tip contacted the ground. The aircraft came to a stop on the runway. Three passengers were slightly injured.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20040101-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) JA8297 Tokunoshima Airport (TKN)|publisher=Aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-06-11}}</ref>

==Special liveries==
Japan Air System, for a period, painted a [[McDonnell Douglas DC-10]] in a [[Peter Pan (1953 film)|Peter Pan]] color scheme.<ref name="PeterPanDC10"/>

==See also==
* [[List of defunct airlines of Japan]]

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Japan Air System}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jas.co.jp/e_jashom.htm Archives of http://www.jas.co.jp/e_jashom.htm]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jas.co.jp/eng/index.htm Archives of http://www.jas.co.jp/eng/index.htm]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.jas.co.jp Archives of http://www.jas.co.jp]
* [http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/sc_japan/jas.html Gallery of JAS liveries] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207150628/http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/sc_japan/jas.html |date=2012-02-07 }}
* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-22911133_ITM A tale of many tails: the merger of Japan Airlines and Japan Air System makes perfect business sense, but commonality of equipment is a different matter.] ''[[Air Transport World]]''. April 1, 2003.

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