More than 25 years ago Japan Airlines (JL) received its first Boeing 777 in 1996, since then the airline has operated two versions, the Boeing B777-200 and the B777-300 equipped with Pratt & Whitney (P&W) engines.
In response to the incident involving an engine failure on Japan Airlines Flight 904 (JL904) on December 4, 2020 from Okinawa, Naha to Tokyo Haneda and the United Airlines incident involving an engine failure on December 20, 2020. February 2021, Japan Airlines suspended operations of Boeing 777s with P&W engines.
Japan Airlines decided to accelerate the retirement of all Boeing 777s equipped with P&W engines by April 2021, however it was originally planned for March 2022.
The airline will replace these aircraft with the modern, fuel-efficient, state-of-the-art Airbus A350-900XWB and will also place some international aircraft on domestic routes so that the airline can maintain the frequency of flights.
With the withdrawal of Japan Airlines from its Boeing 777s with P&W engines, only United Airlines, All Nippon Airways, Korean Air and Asiana Airlines with these models remain in their fleets, which due to the United incident all these airlines keep these models on the ground.