Japan Air System (JAS, 日本エアシステム) was the smallest of the Big 3 Japanese airlines. Its IATA designator was JD. In contrast to JAL and ANA, its international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports that were not served by the two larger airlines. Japan Air System logo, claiming fair use. ... A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... The International Air Transport Association is an international trade organization of airlines headquarted in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... JAL Boeing 747-400 Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空 Nihon Kōkū, or JAL) is the largest airline in Asia. ... ANA Boeing 747-481 All Nippon Airways (全日空 Zennikkū or 全日本空輸 Zen-nippon kūyu) (TYO: 9202) is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...

The company was originally formed as TOA Domestic Airlines (TDA) in a merger between TOA Airways and Japan Domestic in 1971. In 1988 the current name Japan Air System (JAS) was taken up. 1971 is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

JAS was famous for its variety of aircraft liveries. Many of its color schemes in the 1990s were designed by film director Akira Kurosawa and incorporated abstract, rainbow-like images. Akira Kurosawa Akira Kurosawa (黒澤 明 Kurosawa Akira, also 黒沢 明) (March 23, 1910 – September 6, 1998) was a prominent Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter of films, many of which are considered highly influential worldwide classics. ...

Japanese airlines had kept the Big 3 (Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways and JAS) structure for many years. But in 2001, Japan Air System (JAS) and Japan Airlines (JAL), the largest of the Big 3, agreed to merge. JAL Boeing 747-400 Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空 Nihon Kōkū, or JAL) is the largest airline in Asia. ... ANA Boeing 747-481 All Nippon Airways (全日空 Zennikkū or 全日本空輸 Zen-nippon kūyu) (TYO: 9202) is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On October 2, 2002, JAS and JAL established a new holding company which was called Japan Airlines System (日本航空システム) and they were reborn as the new Japan Airlines (JAL) group. Airplane liveries were changed to match the design of the new JAL group. At that time, the new JAL group was the sixth largest in the world by passengers carried and the third largest measured by revenue. October 2nd is the 275th day (276th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 90 days remaining. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

On April 1, 2004, Japan Airlines (old JAL) changed its name to Japan Airlines International and Japan Air System (JAS) changed its name to Japan Airlines Domestic. Japan Airlines System was renamed to Japan Airlines Corporation to make the most of the JAL brand. At the same time, all JAS flight codes, check-in desks and plane were unified into JAL, and the Japan Air System brand officially ceased to exist. April 1 is the 91st day of the year (92nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 274 days remaining. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

At the time of its integration into JAL, JAS was operating Airbus A300, Boeing 777, and McDonnell Douglas MD-90 aircraft among others. Lufthansa Airbus A300 The Airbus A300 is a short to medium range, wide-body family of aircraft manufactured by Airbus Industries between 1972 and the present. ... The Boeing 777 is a family of long range widebody twin engine airliners built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. ... The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names, still in production today as the Boeing 717. ...

External link

• Gallery of JAS liveries (http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~ito-nori/sc_japan/jas.html)
• Currently operating JAS website (http://www.jas.com.hk/index.htm)