
JAL Group made up a Rolling Plan 2025 to accomplish goals under Medium-Term Management Plan FY2021-2025 and showed mid- and long-term growth directions after FY2026.
JAL Group has forecasted EBIT of 170 billion yen in FY2024 ending March 31 2025 as it originally expects and aims at EBIT of 200 billion yen in FY2025 as announced before through growth of the international flight business, improvement of profitability in the domestic flight business and expansion of the Mileage Lifestyle Infrastructure Business.
JAL Group also says in the Rolling Plan 2025 that it will further promote cross-business initiatives over the remaining year to improve the sustainability of business operations, focusing on ‘Safety and Peace of Mind,’ ‘Sustainability’ and ‘Finance’ as management goals.
For FY2028 ending March 31 2029, JAL Group aims at EBIT of 230 billion yen, creating new businesses to solve social challenges, for which it is driving customer strategy, human resource strategy, and DX strategy across its businesses.
Furthermore, JAL Group will allocate its business resources to high-growth and high capital efficiency (ROIC) areas and try to improve productivity through expansion of full-service and LCC flights on the international network, improvement of balance between supply and demand on the domestic network and an increase in customers in he Mileage Lifestyle Infrastructure Business.
EBIT goals in FY2028 are 130 billion yen for the full-service business (up 11% over FY2025), 30 billion yen for the LCC business (up 58%) and 70 billion yen for the Mileage Lifestyle Infrastructure Business 8up 9%).
Placing a new order of 17 Boeing 787-8s
JAL has decided to place a new order of 17 Boeing 787-8s. In addition to a firm order of 21 to replace aging Boeing 737-800s for domestic flights, JAL will have a fleet of 38 Boeing 787-8s in total.
For domestic flights, 11 A321neos will be introduced on Haneda-based routes, and for international flights, 10 Boeing 787-9s and 20 A360-900s will be in operation. LCC ZIPAIR will introduce Boeing 787-9s from JAL.
With the fleet expansion, JAL will increase the international business scale by about 1.5 times in FY2030 compared to FY2023, particularly focusing on North America and Asia networks.