Air Nippon Network

Air Nippon Network airline codes|EH|AKX|ALFA WING [ [http://www.airlinecodes.co.uk/ Airline Codes] ] , or A-net, is an airline based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It operates feeder services for parent Air Nippon, itself a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base is New Chitose Airportcite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 64 | date= 2007-03-27] .

History

The airline was established in May 2001 to operate Air Nippon's local feeder routes from Tokyo and Sapporo. It started operations on 1 July 2002 using three Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. In December 2003 four more Dash 8s joined to replace Boeing 737 aircraft operated from Osaka (Osaka International Airport) by Air Nippon.Fact|date=April 2007

Air Nippon Network has 400 employees (at March 2007).

Destinations

Domestic destinations include: [ [http://www.ank-net.co.jp/co/line.html] 運航路線 and [http://www.ank-net.co.jp/co/corporation.html] 会社概要]

Hokkaidō

*Hakodate (Hakodate Airport)
*Kushiro (Kushiro Airport)
*Memanbetsu (Memanbetsu Airport)
*Nakashibetsu (Nakashibetsu Airport)
*Sapporo (Okadama Airport)
*Wakkanai (Wakkanai Airport)

Kantō

* Tokyo (Tokyo International Airport)
* Miyakejima (Miyakejima Airport)
* Ōshima (Oshima Airport)

Kansai

* Hyōgo Prefecture
** Osaka International Airport is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
* Osaka Prefecture
** Osaka
*** Osaka International Airport (Itami) is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
*** Kansai International Airport

Tōhoku

* Akita Prefecture
** Ōdate-Noshiro (Odate-Noshiro Airport)

Chūbu

* Niigata Prefecture
** Niigata (Niigata Airport)

Chūgoku

* Shimane Prefecture
** Iwami/Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Iwami Airport)

Shikoku

* Ehime Prefecture
** Matsuyama (Matsuyama Airport)
* Kōchi Prefecture
** Kōchi (Kōchi Ryōma Airport)

Kyūshū

* Fukuoka Prefecture
** Fukuoka (Fukuoka Airport)
* Saga Prefecture
** Saga (Saga Airport)

Fleet

The Air Nippon Network fleet consist of the following aircraft (as of June 2008) :

*5 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
*14 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

External links

* [http://www.ank-net.co.jp/ Air Nippon Network]

References