Japan Airlines flying the flag high for Expo 2025 Osaka
Japan Airlines is playing its part in helping ensure the success of Expo 2025 Osaka, with special livery promoting what will be Japan’s third World Expo on one of its Boeing 787-8 aircraft operating select international routes.
The design adorning the ‘JAL MYAKU-MYAKU JET’ features Expo 2025 Osaka’s official character MYAKU-MYAKU and other original elements of the event. From June 2024 to August 2025 the 206-seat aircraft is deployed on flights between Tokyo’s Haneda Airport and Seoul, Taipei, Dalian, Shanghai and Ho Chi Minh City, between Tokyo’s Narita Airport and Bangkok, and between Osaka’s Kansai International Airport and Bangkok and Taipei.
The Boeing 787-8 is the second aircraft to feature the special livery, after an Embraer 190 operated by J-AIR – the regional airline of the Japan Airlines Group – out of Osaka International (Itami) Airport.
The ‘JAL MYAKU-MYAKU JET’ aims to promote Expo 2025 Osaka to both domestic and international passengers and encourage them to visit not only the exposition but also various destinations around Japan.
Connecting Japan With The World
The Japanese national flag carrier and a member of the oneworld Alliance, Japan Airlines’ international route network spans nearly 40 destinations across Asia, the Americas, Europe and Oceania. This includes New York, Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Honolulu, Seattle, Vancouver, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Doha, Sydney, Melbourne, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Bangkok, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Jakarta, Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila and Delhi.
Domestically within Japan, the airline serves some 60 destinations throughout Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto/Shinetsu, Tokai/Hokuriku, Kansai, Chugoku, Shikoku, Kyusyu and Okinawa – including the major cities of Tokyo, Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya and Fukuoka.
For those planning to visit Expo 2025 Osaka, Japan Airlines has a dedicated Expo 2025 Osaka page on its website that provides handy information and tips on navigating Tokyo’s Haneda and Narita airports, Okinawa’s Naha Airport, Kansai International Airport and Osaka International (Itami) Airport.
Also featured are the JAL Japan Explorer Pass with fares available to over 30 cities across the carrier’s domestic network, and recommendations on things to see and do in Osaka and Kansai for a taste of the region’s rich culinary, cultural and historical offerings.
Business Class Comfort And Style
For those travelling to Japan for Expo 2025 Osaka, flying JAL Business Class can make all the difference. Promising ‘a pleasant, refined, and unrestricted experience’, JAL Business Class passengers enjoy spacious and inviting seating, delectable dining with menus specially created by selected chefs and specially selected wines from around the world as well as Champagne and sake, and the MAGIC JAL inflight entertainment system.
JAL Business Class on 787-8, 787-9 and 777-300ER aircraft features the JAL Sky Suite with a fully-flat bed, Airweave mattress and pillow, retractable privacy partition, 23-inch LCD monitor with touch-panel controller, swivel table and USB port, video input and AC power outlet.
On 767-300ER aircraft, the JAL Sky Suite II features a fully-flat bed, 15.4-inch touch-panel monitor, adjustable reading light, side table and meal table and USB port, video input and AC power outlet.
The JAL Sky Suite III on 787-9 aircraft offers a fully-flat bed, 17-inch personal screen, movable table, movable dividers and USB port and AC power outlet.
The JAL Shell Flat Neo on 787-8 aircraft has an enveloping shell design and privacy partition, with a 15.4-inch personal monitor and laptop power outlet, while the JAL Skyluxe Seat on 737-800 aircraft has a deeply-reclining seat, adjustable reading light and laptop power outlet.
New high-privacy seating on A350-1000 aircraft features doors with translucent panels, panels on the outside for communication, built-in headrest speakers, 24-inch 4K personal monitor, pressure-dispersing cushions, retractable privacy partition, personal wardrobe and wireless charging for devices.
EXPO 2025 Osaka
The third World Expo to be held in Japan – following Expo 1970 in Osaka and Expo 2005 in Aichi – Expo 2025 Osaka will take place over 184 days from 13 April to 13 October 2025 in Yumeshima, an artificial island located on the waterfront in Osaka.
The 1970 World Expo was the first ever held in Asia, and became a symbol of Japan’s rapid economic growth and one of the country’s most lauded events.
Next year when Expo 2025 Osaka brings the international community back to Japan exactly two decades after the 2005 World Expo, the world will be just five years away from 2030 – the year the United Nations has set as the target for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
As such, a key goal of Expo 2025 Osaka is to contribute to the reaching of the SDGs at what will be the turn of the fourth decade of the 21st Century.
Another key goal is the achievement of Japan’s national strategy Society 5.0. This envisions a human-centered society that progresses economically and resolves social issues through a system that combines both cyber and physical spaces in a sophisticated manner. It refers to a new form of society chronologically following hunting, farming, industry and information societies.
A society that is able to resolve a variety of issues on a global scale with technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI), robotics, big data and biotechnology is a society that will have achieved the SDGs.
The various pavilions to feature at Expo 2025 Osaka are promising a ‘beautiful, futuristic exhibition that will undoubtedly impress visitors in their own unique ways.’
The theme of Expo 2025 Osaka is “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”. The main EXPO Hall will feature a large golden-shimmering, circular roof and strong, rough-looking walls rising from the earth – creating a symbol for the entire Expo site, reminiscent of the Tower of the Sun at Expo 1970. The amphitheatre, integrating the audience and stage, will be wrapped in a textured pure white fabric to create a festive space that symbolises ‘a bright future for our lives.’
The EXPO National Day Hall, as an architectural embodiment of a geographic life form, symbolises a future memory, encapsulating the energies of wind, water and light. It celebrates the historic role of the area as a continuous international exchange gateway from ancient times, focusing on its connection with the sea and land.
Visit the Japan Airlines website to find out more about Expo 2025 Osaka and book your flights now.
