I recently had a return flight to Australia with JAL. My first flight without my parents and also my longest flight. My boyfriend and I sat in economy seats - however, the seats were surprisingly roomy and comfortable. The on-flight entertainment system (magic III) was fantastic, it kept me amused literally for hours. It had hundreds of games and the latest movies. The headphones included were also comfortable. Having travelled on planes with bad food previously I was weary of what we would be getting. However - we got a choice of a Japanese menu or a Western menu which I thought was great. I ended up having pasta and shepherds pie! it was fantastic. ...  Read the complete review

General service on Japan Airlines (JAL) is good. There is generally a choice of western or japanese food and the food is pretty good. Seats are also quite roomy with plenty of legroom. The inflight entertainment is reasonable with a range of Japanese and English films and music. The major problem is supply of soft drinks - stingy to say the least and quite possibly health threatening. If you ask for a cola then you only get part of a can poured into a small plastic glass. However if you want an alcoholic mixer then you get the spirits plus a full can of can of soft drink to mix. Similarly you get a full can of beer. With meals a bottle of ...  Read the complete review

JAL has everything going for it. When there are so many options for long haul travel, price soon becomes less important becuase in the end most airlines charge about the same. That said, JAL have always been the cheapest for flights from London to Sydney that I have found. The kind of things which I don't think are considered often include quality of aircraft, where you stop off, or which airports that airline uses if a city has two. I have flown JAL 3 times to Sydney and back from London, and every flight has been early. Not only that, the planes have always been spotlessly clean, and the inflight entertainment could not be bettered. In Economy on ...  Read the complete review

There are several options for travel between the UK and Japan. For lower prices (usually), or the convenience of travelling from an airport outside of London, it is often best to use European carriers connecting in hub airports on the continent. If Heathrow is in easy reach, however, flying direct is the easist mode. It is possible to fly non-stop between London and Tokyo (Narita) with Japan Airlines (JAL), All Nippon Airlines (ANA), British Airways and Virgin Atlantic. Between London and Osaka Kansai (the route I flew on), there is just one direct option, JAL. JAL are also the only airline to fly between London and Nagoya. PRICES With the football ...  Read the complete review

Now I don't know about you but I'm pretty damned picky about the airline that I choose whether I'm flying for thirty minutes or thirty hours. So when I decided to do a working holiday in the UK and brave the unimaginable pain of a two day flight I began to explore my options. Like any normal twenty year old I wasn't exactly flushed with cash so I was going to have to choose wisely if I was to be comfortable - physically and financially. The first thing I did was attend a travel expo here in Brisbane so I had all possible options available to me in the one place. I wandered from stall to stall picking up brochrues and asking questions till ...  Read the complete review