Japan Airlines launches Tokyo-Boston service
A Japan Airlines Boeing 787 taxis to the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston on its inaugural, non-stop flight from Boston to Tokyo, Sunday. (April 22, 2012) Credit: AP
Travelers heading to Japan from Boston are now able to make the flight without touching down along the way for the first time in history.
On Sunday, Japan Airlines launched nonstop service from Boston Logan International Airport to Tokyo's Narita Airport using the new Boeing 787.
Officials held a ceremony at Logan on Sunday to mark the arrival of the first flight.
An Associated Press photo of a Japan Airlines Boeing 787 as it taxis to the runway at Logan International Airport in Boston on its inaugural, non-stop flight from Boston to Tokyo, Sunday. (April 22, 2012)
