Japan Air Commuter

Infobox Airline
airline=Japan Air Commuter
日本エアコミューター
logo=JapanAirCommuterLogo.pnglogo_size=245px
IATA=3X
ICAO=JAC
callsign=Commuter
parent=Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd.
founded=July 1, 1983
headquarters=Kagoshima, Japan
key_people=Takayuki Nagatsuta, President
hubs=Kagoshima Airport
focus_cities=Amami Oshima Airport
Fukuoka Airport
Osaka International Airport
frequent_flyer=JAL Mileage Bank
lounge=SAKURA Lounge
alliance=
fleet_size=23
destinations=22
website= http://www.jac.co.jp

nihongo|Japan Air Commuter Co., Ltd.|日本エアコミューター株式会社|Nihon Ea Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha is an airline based in Kagoshima, Japan. It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with hubs at Osaka International Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport. cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= Flight International | page= 96 | date= 2007-04-03]

History

The airline was established on 1 JulyFact|date=April 2008 1983" [http://web.archive.org/web/19991106011430/www.jas.co.jp/E_jai1.htm COMPANY INFORMATION] ." "Japan Air System".] and started operations in DecemberFact|date=April 2008 1983. A joint investment plan with public and private investors in fourteen Kagoshima Prefecture municipalities established Japan Air Commuter. At the time JAC was an affiliate of Toa Domestic Airlines, later known as Japan Air System. Japan Air System later merged into Japan Airlines. Japan Air Commuter has 471 employees (at March 2007) and is owned by Japan Airlines (60%) and 14 local municipalities of the Amami Islands and Kagoshima (40%).

Destinations

[ [http://www.jac.co.jp/entertainment/map.html Route Map] ," "Japan Air Commuter"]

Amami Islands

* Kagoshima Prefecture
** Amami on Amami Ōshima (Amami-Oshima Airport)
** Kikai (Kikai Airport)
** Tanegashima (New Tanegashima Airport)
** Tokunoshima (Tokunoshima Airport)
** Wadomari (Okinoerabu Airport)
** Yakushima (Yakushima Airport)
** Yoron on Yoronjima (Yoron Airport)

Hokkaidō

* Sapporo (New Chitose Airport)

Honshu

* Chūbu region
** Nagano Prefecture
*** Matsumoto (Matsumoto Airport)
** Niigata Prefecture
*** Niigata (Niigata Airport)
* Chūgoku region
** Hiroshima Prefecture
*** Hiroshima (Hiroshima-Nishi Airport)
** Okayama Prefecture
*** Okayama (Okayama Airport)
** Shimane Prefecture
*** Izumo (Izumo Airport)
*** Okinoshima (Oki Airport)
* Kansai region
** Hyogo Prefecture
*** Osaka International Airport (partially in Osaka Prefecture)
*** Toyooka (Tajima Airport)
** Osaka Prefecture
*** Osaka (Osaka International Airport, partially in Hyogo Prefecture)
* Tōhoku region
** Fukushima Prefecture
*** Fukushima (Fukushima Airport)

Kyūshū

* Fukuoka Prefecture
** Fukuoka (Fukuoka Airport)
* Kagoshima Prefecture
** Kagoshima (Kagoshima Airport)
* Ōita Prefecture
** Ōita (Oita Airport)

Shikoku

* Ehime Prefecture
** Matsuyama (Matsuyama Airport)
* Kagawa Prefecture
** Takamatsu (Takamatsu Airport)
* Miyazaki Prefecture
** Miyazaki (Miyazaki Airport)
* Tokushima Prefecture
** Tokushima (Tokushima Airport)

Fleet

As of March 2007 the Japan Air Commuter fleet includes :

*9 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (plus 1 on order)
*11 Saab 340B

Previously operated

*Dornier 228(1983-1995)
*NAMC YS-11A-500 (1988-2006) [" [http://www.pref.okinawa.jp/airport/index/sm/simojijima00-e.htm Shimojijima Airport] ," "Okinawa Prefecture"] [" [http://web.archive.org/web/19961107225547/www.jas.co.jp/GA1.htm Gallery] " (November 7, 1996). "Japan Air System".]

External links

* [http://www.jac.co.jp/ Japan Air Commuter]

References