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Japan Airlines (“JAL”) is to add a second daily London Heathrow – Tokyo Haneda flight with effect from Sunday 29 October 2017.
This means that, together with its joint-venture partner British Airways, JAL will offer four flights a day between London and Tokyo. BA will continue to fly to both Tokyo Narita and Tokyo Haneda airports daily.
The new JAL flight (JL41 & J42) will depart London Heathrow at 09:30 and return to London Heathrow at 06:25. The flight will be operated by a Boeing 787 in a three class configuration.
It’s noteworthy that BA and JAL have chosen to add capacity between London and Japan when history has shown that inbound visitors from Japan to Europe can be very sensitive to terrorist incidents.
In addition, BA and JAL have chosen to a fourth daily frequency from London to Tokyo, rather than add a flight to an unserved destination in Japan such as Osaka or Nagoya. This does give BA and JAL a substantial frequency advantage over All Nippon Airlines which is the only other airline to fly between London and Tokyo after Virgin Atlantic withdrew from Tokyo on 31 January 2015.
The new flight will be on sale at Japan Airlines from Friday 14 July 2017.
BA has not yet added a codeshare to the additional flight but should do so shortly.
London Heathrow – Tokyo Joint BA & JAL Schedule
Flight JL042 Depart London Heathrow 09:30 – Arrive Tokyo Haneda 06:25 (JAL Boeing 787)
Flight BA007 / JL7082 Depart London Heathrow 10:45 – Arrive Tokyo Haneda 07:30 (BA Boeing 777)
Flight BA005 / JL7080 Depart London Heathrow 13:45 – Arrive Tokyo Narita 10:30 (BA Boeing 777)
Flight JL044 / BA4600 Depart London Heathrow 19:30 – Arrive Tokyo Haneda 15:55 (JAL Boeing 777-300)
Flight JL041 Depart Tokyo Haneda 02:45 – Arrive London Heathrow 06:25 (JAL Boeing 787)
Flight BA008 / JL7083 Depart Tokyo Haneda 09:45 – Arrive London Heathrow 13:25 (BA Boeing 777)
Flight JL043 / BA4603 Depart Tokyo Haneda 11:30 – Arrive London Heathrow 15:10 (JAL Boeing 777-300)
Flight BA006 / JL7081 Depart Tokyo Narita 12:35 – Arrive London Heathrow 16:10 (BA Boeing 777)
