Japan Airlines attributed the issue to a cyberattack designed to overwhelm its network with massive data transmissions. These types of attacks, known as denial-of-service attacks, flood a system with traffic until it crashes or becomes unresponsive, the airline explained.
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Japan Airlines said it was hit by a cyberattack on Boxing Day, causing flight delays and disruption—here’s what we know so far.
The Japan Weather Association said Thursday that it has been hit by a cyberattack, rendering an information website it operates inaccessible. The group said its website tenki.jp has been under a distributed denial-of-service,
Japan Airlines' busiest route between January 2025 and November 2025 in terms of the number of flights operated by the Airbus A350 is Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) to New Chitose Airport (CTS) in Sapporo. The carrier plans to operate a total of 4,265 between the two cities, all of which with the A350-900.
Shortly before the Japan Airlines outage, American Airlines Group Inc. also had to delay flights on account of a networking issue. The incident, which lasted for about one hour on Christmas Eve, was attributed to a problem in a piece of partner-managed network equipment. The issue has since been resolved.
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Japan Airlines (JL) recently bid farewell to its iconic Boeing 777-300ER on the Tokyo Haneda (HND)-London (LHR) route, marking the end of an era for this aircraft’s international operations.
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