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| JAL - Japan Airlines |
| Annual revenues: | $19,773m | | Annual operating profit: | $979m | | Annual net profit: | $481m | | Operating profit margin: | 5% |
(Figures are from the period of JAN07-DEC07 in U.S. dollars.)
| Fleet: | | | Type | Number in Fleet | | A300-600R | 22 | | B737-800 | 28 | | B747-200 | 2 | | B747-300 | 8 | | B747-400 | 44 | | B767-200 | 3 | | B767-300 | 47 | | B777-200 | 26 | | B777-300 | 17 | | B787-300 | 13 | | B787-800 | 17 | | DC-9-81 | 11 | | DC-9-87 | 1 | | DC-9-90 | 16 | |
For more detailed fleet information, visit www.ch-aviation.ch
Strengths and opportunities:
- Japan the second largest economy in the world with a giant domestic airline market
- Japan's island geography makes air travel essential
- Lots of outbound tourism
- Large scale with about half of the domestic market; among the ten largest airlines in the world
- Tokyo well positioned as a gateway to China
- Tokyo slots unavailable to many potential competitors
- Operates some lower-cost units like JALWays, whose labor costs are an estimated 12% lower than mainline
- Outsourcing some labor to Thailand to lower costs
- Now a member of oneworld
Weaknesses and threats:
- Highly unionized
- High airport costs
- Disparate collection of non-core subsidiaries
- High labor costs relative to other Asian carriers
- Tokyo airport expansion will bring more competition, low-cost and otherwise
- Further deregulation could bring new opportunities but also more competition
- Japan a high-cost country, which limits inbound tourism and business conventions
- Complex fleet with older planes (though B787s and B737-800s are on the way)
- Not many Japanese expat communities abroad (though there are some in Latin America)
- Japan has politically tense relations with China and Korea
- Seoul challenging Tokyo as a gateway to China
Financial data is sourced from company reports. The strengths and weaknesses are based on an analysis by Airline Weekly's editors. Information provided on airlineweekly.com is for general informational purposes only and should not be construed as investment advice.
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