Japan Airlines serves 60 domestic destinations and 39 international destinations in Asia, the Americas, Europe and Oceania, excluding codeshare agreements. The airline’s international hubs are Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, Osaka’s Kansai International Airport and Itami Airport. Japan Airlines and its subsidiaries currently operate over 4,500 international flights and 26,000 domestic flights monthly.
In the fiscal year ended 31 March 2009, the airline introduced or increased services on ten international routes, including between Tokyo (Narita) and New York City, and between Osaka (Kansai) and Shanghai; and it ceased operations on four international routes, including between Tokyo (Narita) and Xi’an, and between Osaka (Kansai) and Qingdao. Domestically, JAL suspended 14 routes, including between Sapporo and Okinawa. Additionally, the airline expanded codesharing alliance with fellow Oneworld partners like American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific and Finnair, and other airlines, including Air France, China Eastern and Jetstar.
In the early years, Tokyo Narita Airport had been the main hub of international and freight flights. Nowadays, Tokyo Haneda Airport is becoming an international hub because of its close proximity to the Tokyo metropolis, and the heavy expansion occurring there.
| Country | City | Airport |
| Australia | Brisbane | Brisbane Airport |
| Australia | Cairns | Cairns Airport |
| Australia | Melbourne | Melbourne Airport |
| Australia | Perth | Perth Airport |
| Australia | Sydney | Sydney Airport |
| Bahrain | Manama | Bahrain International Airport |
| Brazil | Belem | Val de Cans International Airport |
| Brazil | Rio de Janeiro | Rio de Janeiro-Galeao International Airport |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | Viracopos International Airport |
| Brazil | Sao Paulo | Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport |
| Canada | Vancouver | Vancouver International Airport |
| China | Beijing | Beijing Capital International Airport |
| China | Dalian | Dalian Zhoushuizi International Airport |
| China | Guangzhou | Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport |
| China | Hangzhou | Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport |
| China | Qingdao | Qingdao Liuting International Airport |
| China | Shanghai | Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport |
| China | Shanghai | Shanghai Pudong International Airport |
| China | Tianjin | Tianjin Binhai International Airport |
| China | Xiamen | Xiamen Gaoqi International Airport |
| China | Xi’an | Xi’an Xianyang International Airport |
| Denmark | Copenhagen | Copenhagen Airport |
| Egypt | Cairo | Cairo International Airport |
| Fiji | Nadi | Nadi International Airport |
| Finland | Helsinki | Helsinki Airport |
| France | Paris | Charles de Gaulle Airport |
| Germany | Dusseldorf | Dusseldorf Airport |
| Germany | Frankfurt | Frankfurt Airport |
| Germany | Hamburg | Hamburg Airport |
| Greece | Athens | Ellinikon International Airport |
| Guam | Guam | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Hong Kong International Airport |
| Hong Kong | Hong Kong | Kai Tak Airport |
| Hungary | Budapest | Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport |
| Iceland | Reykjavik | Keflavik International Airport |
| India | Bangalore | Kempegowda International Airport |
| India | Delhi | Indira Gandhi International Airport |
| India | Kolkata | Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport |
| India | Mumbai | Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport |
| Indonesia | Denpasar | Ngurah Rai International Airport |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | Soekarno-Hatta International Airport |
| Iran | Tehran | Tehran Imam Khomeini International Airport |
| Italy | Milan | Milan Malpensa Airport |
| Italy | Rome | Leonardo da Vinci-Fiumicino Airport |
| Japan | Akita | Akita Airport |
| Japan | Amami Oshima | Amami Airport |
| Japan | Aomori | Aomori Airport |
| Japan | Asahikawa | Asahikawa Airport |
| Japan | Fukuoka | Fukuoka Airport |
| Japan | Hakodate | Hakodate Airport |
| Japan | Hanamaki | Hanamaki Airport |
| Japan | Hiroshima | Hiroshima Airport |
| Japan | Iwakuni | Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni |
| Japan | Izumo | Izumo Airport |
| Japan | Kagoshima | Kagoshima Airport |
| Japan | Kitakyushu | Kitakyushu Airport |
| Japan | Kobe | Kobe Airport |
| Japan | Kochi | Kochi Airport |
| Japan | Komatsu | Komatsu Airport |
| Japan | Kumamoto | Kumamoto Airport |
| Japan | Kushiro | Kushiro Airport |
| Japan | Matsuyama | Matsuyama Airport |
| Japan | Misawa | Misawa Airport |
| Japan | Miyazaki | Miyazaki Airport |
| Japan | Nagasaki | Nagasaki Airport |
| Japan | Nagoya | Nagoya Komaki Airport |
| Japan | Nagoya | Chubu Centrair International Airport |
| Japan | Naha | Naha Airport |
| Japan | Niigata | Niigata Airport |
| Japan | Obihiro | Tokachi-Obihiro Airport |
| Japan | Oita | Oita Airport |
| Japan | Okayama | Okayama Airport |
| Japan | Osaka | Kansai International Airport |
| Japan | Osaka | Osaka International Airport |
| Japan | Ozora | Memanbetsu Airport |
| Japan | Sapporo | New Chitose Airport |
| Japan | Shirahama | Nanki Shirahama Airport |
| Japan | Shizuoka | Shizuoka Airport |
| Japan | Takamatsu | Takamatsu Airport |
| Japan | Tokunoshima | Tokunoshima Airport |
| Japan | Tokushima | Tokushima Airport |
| Japan | Tokyo | Haneda International Airport |
| Japan | Tokyo | Narita International Airport |
| Japan | Yamagata | Yamagata Airport |
| Japan | Yamaguchi-Ube | Yamaguchi Ube Airport |
| Kuwait | Kuwait City | Kuwait International Airport |
| Lebanon | Beirut | Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport |
| Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur | Kuala Lumpur International Airport |
| Mexico | Mexico City | Mexico City International Airport |
| Netherlands | Amsterdam | Amsterdam Airport Schiphol |
| New Caledonia | Noumea | La Tontouta International Airport |
| New Zealand | Auckland | Auckland Airport |
| Northern Mariana Islands | Saipan | Saipan International Airport |
| Pakistan | Karachi | Jinnah International Airport |
| Philippines | Angeles City | Clark International Airport |
| Philippines | Cebu | Mactan-Cebu International Airport |
| Philippines | Manila | Ninoy Aquino International Airport |
| Russia | Khabarovsk | Khabarovsk Novy Airport |
| Russia | Moscow | Sheremetyevo International Airport |
| Russia | Vladivostok | Vladivostok International Airport |
| Singapore | Singapore | Singapore Changi Airport |
| South Africa | Cape Town | Cape Town International Airport |
| South Korea | Busan | Gimhae International Airport |
| South Korea | Seoul | Gimpo International Airport |
| South Korea | Seoul | Incheon International Airport |
| Spain | Madrid | Adolfo Suarez Madrid-Barajas Airport |
| Switzerland | Zurich | Zurich Airport |
| Taiwan | Kaohsiung | Kaohsiung International Airport |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Taipei Songshan Airport |
| Taiwan | Taipei | Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Don Mueang International Airport |
| Thailand | Bangkok | Suvarnabhumi International Airport |
| United Arab Emirates | Abu Dhabi | Abu Dhabi International Airport |
| United Kingdom | London | London Heathrow International Airport |
| United States | Anchorage | Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport |
| United States | Atlanta | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport |
| United States | Boston | Boston Logan International Airport |
| United States | Chicago | Chicago O’Hare International Airport |
| United States | Dallas | Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport |
| United States | Honolulu | Daniel K. Inouye International Airport |
| United States | Kona | Kona International Airport |
| United States | Las Vegas | McCarran International Airport |
| United States | Los Angeles | Los Angeles International Airport |
| United States | New Orleans | Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport |
| United States | New York City | John F. Kennedy International Airport |
| United States | San Diego | San Diego International Airport |
| United States | San Francisco | San Francisco International Airport |
| United States | Seattle | Seattle-Tacoma International Airport |
| United States | Wake Island | Wake Island Airfield |
| Venezuela | Caracas | Simon Bolivar International Airport |
| Vietnam | Hanoi | Noi Bai International Airport |
| Vietnam | Ho Chi Minh City | Tan Son Nhat International Airport |
