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Japan Airlines (JAL) was founded on August 1, 1951 and began domestic service the following year. With its new Douglas DC-6B City of Tokyo, JAL inaugurated trans-pacific service to San Francisco, via Wake Island and Honolulu, on February 2, 1954. Have you ever flown on Japan Airlines? Image: JAL (Japan Air Lines) luggage label, Douglas DC-6B, 1950s. Gift of Thomas G. Dragges. 2015.168.418 This image was posted on August 06, 2019.

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