Round-the-World Flights


Japan Air Lines Inaugurates Round-the-World Jet Flight Service



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	Japan Air Lines (JAL) began in 1951 as Japanese Air Lines providing domestic 
flight service. In 1954 it inaugurated international flights with a DC-6 flying to 
San Francisco, CA.  The jet-age began for JAL in 1960 with the delivery of the first 
of a fleet of DC-8's, first used on the San Francisco route and later flying a polar 
route to London-Heathrow and Copenhagen.
	By 1962 Convair 880 jets were introduced for routes to Frankfurt, Germany 
stopping in Asia.  On November 12, 1966 JAL began DC8 service from Tokyo to New 
York. Then on March 6, 1967 the first west bound DC-8 round-the-world flight 
departed Tokyo International Airport.  A day later another DC-8 departed completing 
the round-the-world route in an easterly direction. JAL issued a Souvenir Booklet of 
flown covers for select passengers traveling round-the-world.

                Tokyo, Japan = =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= =!= 
      - -!- - - Hong Kong- - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
         !   !- Bangkok, Thailand  -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- 
         !   !  New Delhi, India - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
         !   !  Tehran, Iran - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
         !   !  Cairo, Egypt - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
         !   !  Rome, Italy  - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
      - -!- -!- Frankfurt, Germany - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
                Paris, France- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- -!- 
                London, England  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!- -!-
                New York, NY - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!- -!-
                San Francisco, CA  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!- -!-
                Honolulu, HI - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -!- -!-
                Tokyo, Japan = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =!=


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