JAL stewardesses to wear kimonos on New Year flights

JAL stewardesses to wear kimonos on New Year flights

Japan Airlines (JAL) stewardesses prepare small traditional gifts of money at Haneda airport in Tokyo on Dec. 16 to give passengers on New Year's Day, when they will wear kimonos on limited flights. JAL, whose stewardesses wore kimonos on New Year's Day in the past, had quit the custom in 1990 due to its review of in-flight services.

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