JAL Becomes Official Airline of International Basketball Federation

Japan Airlines has signed a FIBA Global Partnership Agreement with the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) to become its Official Airline between August 2015 and December 2016.

As FIBA's Official Airline, JAL will be actively supporting basketball competitions held worldwide ahead of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, acting as a global partner of Continental Championships and Rio Olympic preliminary round matches sponsored by FIBA and FIBA continental confederations.

"Basketball is one of the most popular sports in the world with fans in every corner of the globe. We are very happy to be able to support the game of basketball on a global scale," said Yoshiharu Ueki, President of Japan Airlines. "Japan Airlines is an Official Airline Partner of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and we hope to use the synergies of both properties to their fullest potential to promote the beautiful game of basketball from Japan to the world."

JAL has been actively involved in promoting basketball in Japan as a partner of Japan Basketball Association since 2000.