On 1st August, 1953, it became nationalized airline of Japan and started its original international services with Douglas DC-6B, named City of Tokyo, from Tokyo to San Francisco on 2nd February, 1954. And after above three decades of expansion and service, the airline was completely privatized on 18th November, 1987. In the year of 2002, Japan airlines combined with Japan’s 3rd biggest airline Japan Air System. It became the 6th leading airline in world through passengers carried. On the other hand, the airline has been deeply unbeneficial for years and after losses about 100 billion in single quarter, on 19th January, 2010, the airline filed for insolvency.