The world’s most OP aircraft: Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 only flies SHORT-HAUL? | Osaka to Tokyo

Japan Airlines entire Airbus A350-900 fleet solely operates domestic flights, none of them longer than 3h. And its cabin is equally over-the-top, with state-of-the-art seats, power ports, and even an inflight entertainment system.

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Airline: Japan Airlines – JAL
Aircraft: Airbus A350-900
Registration: JA10XJ
Flight Time: 0h 50min
Seat: 47A
From: Osaka Itami
To: Tokyo Haneda
Date: December 2022

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Cost includes: Economy Class Ticket including two checked bags and free seat reservation at booking
Booking made: October 2022

*VIDEO BREAKDOWN*
00:00 – Introduction
01:08 – Intro
01:29 – Itami Airport
04:26 – The Mitsubishi Regional Jet
05:03 – Japan Airlines Airbus A350-900 Fleet
06:49 – Cabin and Seat
09:43 – Take Off
10:57 – Inflight Service
11:15 – Mt. Fuji
11:56 – Conclusion
12:44 – Landing
13:41 – Haneda Airport

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Most of you are probably familiar with what short hole planes look like a couple of seats on the left a couple of seats on the right not all that much leg room a tray table and if you’re lucky a USB port in contrast to that long haul planes mostly come with two aisles

Better leg room inflat entertainment and at least a USB port if not a power port as well only that what you just saw was a short Hall plane as well and I don’t mean a plane configured for Long Haul operation that just happens to operate the occasional short Hall flight Japan

Airlines entire A35 900 Fleet serves only one purpose operating domestic flights within Japan with all of them being 3 hours or less so that that is the short Hall economy Clause aboard Japan Airlines Airbus a350 you don’t believe me well then you’re in for a treat because in today’s video we’ll

Look at just how amazing those planes are why on Earth they got such expensive planes and seats for 1our domestic flights and gaze upon the Majestic Mount Fuji I’m glad you’re tagging along so let’s get Going Aviation Geeks and frequent flyers welcome to this new episode of our flight review series brutally honest we just arrived here at Osaka Itami Airport the older and smaller domestic brother to Kanai International Airport after flying in on all nippen Airways dash8 q400 from Fukuoka so as you can see

Japan doesn’t just have large twinl planes operating domestic flights they also have little turbo props and even though it was a smaller plane the flight was no less interesting so make sure to check out that video as well now we’re at Osaka’s Itami Airport which has a single large terminal building split up

Into a northern and southern half occupied by Japan Airlines Ana and their Partners respectively the airport is still officially called Osaka International Airport despite not having had regular international flight connections since the opening of Kai International Airport in the late ’90s Itami Airport as it’s more colloquially known is connected by

Monreal to the nearest train station Huga from where you can change onto the hu takarazuka line giving you a direct connection to umeda station in the central business district of Osaka as well as towards takarazuka in the other direction and while Itami Airport is technically the closest commercial

Airport to Kyoto getting there is not significantly easier or more comfortable than from nearby canai or Kobe airports so if Kyoto is where you want to go I’d recommend simply picking whichever airport has the cheapest flights into but I digress the main check-in area is located right where you first enter the

Terminal building I’ve mentioned a few unique aspects of Japanese domestic flights and how they’re administered in the Ana q400 video and those intricacies result in domestic passengers and those with International connections required to be checked in separately however today’s flight is the last time I make use of my remaining One

World frequent flyer status so I get to use the elegant business class check-in area of Japan Airlines the security check was quick and efficient as always in Japan where they even let you borrow a pair of slippers for when you have to take off your shoes what I like most about

Japanese airports is that due to their efficiency passengers tend to arrive much later for their flights than in other parts of the world for domestic flights Japan Airlines cut off times for backdrop are 30 minutes before departure which is also the recommended minimum time to pass through security so no

Needs for arriving at the airport an hour and a half before departure and that results in the terminals being way less crowded because people spend less time in them but keep in mind that’s just for domestic flights international flights are still the same as elsewhere additionally everything from

Baggage handling to security is very reliable with long wait times being the exception and one more thing I appreciate about Japanese airports is the amount of highquality restaurants and food stalls airide which are never as overpriced as those in Europe or North America over there you can see a massive

Model of the mitsubish space jet a Regional Jet that was in development by Japanese conglomerate Mitsubishi until the project was cancelled just last year they were so far into development that they even had entire planes already finished and testing underway with hundreds of orders from various different airlines but the Myriad of

Problems that arose became so expensive to fix the manufacturer decided against further pursuing the project this is an extreme simplification and the Fallout of the pandemic as well as the shrinking Regional Jet SE segment also contributed to the space Jet’s regretful demise and I mean look at the plane

We’re about to spend just an hour on not a small Regional Jet an Airbus a350 900 today we’ll fly aboard Juliet Alpha 10 x-ray Juliet a 20121 build a 35900 today this airplane operates three round trips from Tokyo Hana to Osaka Itami and nothing else the plane has

Arrived on time at 9:35 a.m. and will head out at 10 40 a.m. meaning this 369 seater Airbus a350 is turned around in just 65 minutes but that once again raises the question how does that make sense well Japan has a very unique domestic Airline Market in addition to

The country’s large demand Japan’s airports often have pretty severe nighttime flight bands meaning they are by law not allowed to operate at night Osaka’s Itami Airport for example is only allowed to operate from 700 a.m. until 900 p.m. which is extremely restrictive and in order to meet the demand during those limited operating

Hours Japan’s two main carriers Ana and Japan Airlines use plenty of large twin a aircraft on very short domestic flights Japan’s very expensive shinkansen tickets and countless islands and smaller cities not connected to the high-speed rail network also contribute to a healthy demand for domestic flights Japan Airlines takes this to the

Extreme having an entire fleet of 15 Airbus a350 900s that haven’t seen a flight longer than 3 hours since their delivery flight and they all only ever operate one of five routs Tokyo sap fuka Osaka Itami and Okinawa as well as Osaka Itami to Okinawa now it’s time to board our

Flight which works very well thanks to the plentiful clear signage and Cooperative fellow passengers jal’s A35 900s come in one of two configurations neither has LIF LED business class seats the configuration is already crazy enough up front there are two rows of a 222 configured domestic first class totaling 12 custommade seats

Manufactured by Japanese company jamco then there are one of two configurations either one with less or one with more business class seats we’re on the premium heavy aircraft which as far as I can tell sets a world record for the commercial aircraft with the most business class seats placed in a

232 pattern Japan Airlines has 94 business class seats on this plane featuring the raro pl 3530 a seat typically found in premium economy class on Long Haul flights the rest of the plane features A 333 configured economy class with one of the best Long Haul economy class seats

On the market the ricaro CL 3710 and they use this seat on short Hall flights the window seats in a 39th row don’t have Windows keep that in mind When selecting your seat I’m in 47a on this 1hour flight to Tokyo each seat comes with a headrest which is adjustable

Vertically as well as on the sze and waiting for everyone already are complimentary pairs of headphones being 180 cenm tall the leg room is very good especially for a short Hall flight the seat back pocket has a very practical design with additional extra pockets for things like glasses or

Your phone the seats also come with bfold tray tables with cup holders on the back a personal Universal power outlet is installed right in front of you with an additional literature compartment behind it and each seat comes with an adjustable entertainment touchcreen with an audio port and a USB port at the

Bottom and on the side of each seat you may find a Cod hook the plane is equipped with a Panasonic X3 entertainment system with movies and TV shows available to watch On Demand local and international options available most movies however can only really be enjoyed on flights to Okinawa

We certainly won’t be on the plane long enough today to watch top gun Maverick in its entirety this Airbus a350 is even equipped with onboard cameras with boarding being completed within minutes we’re already pushing back and getting ready for departure the design around Japan Airlines a350 was done by uk-based

Design consultancy Tangerine which with their various design choices aimed for and I quote an infused Essence the winglets for example are coated in Japan Airlines traditional red merging into the modern white of the wing as a kind of fusion of old and new it’s a beautiful day to fly and I

Get the feeling that in a moment we’ll get a gorgeous view over the Cai region There For after just a few minutes in the air we’re already passing ngoya at this point a complimentary beverage service is offered a small variety of non-alcoholic drinks is available where I went with Japan Airlines signature beef consome basically a soup without noodles the reason why I’ve chosen to

Sit on the left is because I’m hoping to catch a glimpse of Mount Fuji and how did I know it would be on the left on Japan Airlines website there is a detailed section about how you can see Mount Fuji from from the plane of course there’s never a guarantee as flight

Paths can change last minute for a variety of reasons but the built-in calculator told me to sit on the left and did it work yes it did and what a gorgeous weather we’re blessed with Today down there you can also see the airport of shitu Soka easily identifiable by the large signage it’s fairly common in Japan to write locations of major buildings or airports in large letters this is supposed to help with orientation during disaster relief in the aftermath of an earthquake

Or tsunami where other means of navigation might not be available or should the area be rendered unrecognizable and now we’re starting our descent into Tokyo the city is already visible in the distance and with that our short flight is coming to an end already traveling across Japan is

Always an adventure whether it’s by plane by shinkansen or even by bus often times planes are in the center of the ven diagram as quick as the shinkansen and almost as inexpensive as buses if you book early Enough Fore with that welcome to Tokyo’s Hana airport now I’m off to pick up my easily identifiable suitcase and then hop onto the express mono rail into the city I hope you have enjoyed this video thank you very much for watching and coming along if you enjoy flight reviews like

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