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Air Central
エアーセントラルIATA
NVICAO
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AIR CENTRALFounded May 12, 1988 Hubs Chubu Centrair International Airport Alliance Star Alliance Destinations 10 Parent company All Nippon Airways (86.7%)
Nagoya Railroad (13.3%)Headquarters Tokoname, Aichi, Japan Website http://www.air-central.co.jp Air Central Co., Ltd. (エアーセントラル株式会社 Eā Sentoraru Kabushiki-gaisha) was an airline based in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.[1] It operated passenger services as All Nippon Airways (ANA) flights from its main base is Chūbu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya[2]. On October 1, 2010, Air Central, Air Next and Air Nippon Network were merged together and rebranded as ANA Wings.
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History
In 1953, Nakanihon Air Service (NAS) was founded near Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield). Its major shareholders included Nagoya Railroad and ANA. Its core business was general aviation, including scenic and charter flights, aerial photography and helicopter services. It still operates as a general aviation company.
A new affiliate company, Nakanihon Airlines (NAL), was founded on May 12, 1988 to handle NAS's scheduled commuter services. It was headquartered in Nagoya Airport and was a joint venture between Nagoya Railroad (55%) and ANA (45%). Commuter services began operations on 23 April 1991. On November 1, 2004, ANA became the majority (55%) shareholder of NAL. As of September 2006, ANA bears 86.7% of the shares of Air Central; and Nagoya Railroad bears 13.3% of its shares.
On February 17, 2005, NAL was renamed to the current name and was relocated to Chubu Centrair International Airport. The flight schedules were amended for convenience of domestic and international flight changeover there. These moves were made for ANA's wish to feed international flights from Centrair operated by ANA and its Star Alliance partners.
Destinations
As of April 2007, Air Central served the following destinations on the Japanese islands of Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū.
Between Nagoya-Centrair and:
- Fukuoka Airport (FUK), Fukuoka, Fukuoka
- Fukushima Airport (FKS), Tamakawa, Fukushima near Koriyama
- Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), Matsuyama, Ehime
- Narita International Airport (NRT), Chiba Prefecture, 70 kilometres from Tokyo
- Niigata Airport (KIJ), Niigata, Niigata
- Tokushima Airport (TKS), Matsushige, Tokushima near
- Yonago Airport (Miho Airbase YGJ), Sakaiminato, Tottori near Yonago
Between Osaka International Airport (ITM) Itami, Ōsaka and:
- Kochi Airport (KCZ), Nankoku, Kōchi
- Matsuyama Airport
- Niigata Airport
Between Fukuoka Airport and:
- Goto-Fukue Airport (FUJ), Gotō, Nagasaki
- Tsushima Airport (TSJ), Tsushima, Nagasaki
It also operated the Sendai Airport (SDJ), near Sendai, Miyagi to Narita International Airport (NRT) route.
Fleet
Fokker F50 (with old livery)
As of March 2007 the Air Central fleet included [3] :
- 3 Fokker 50 (phased out, red livery probably after Nagoya Railroad but have been repainted in blue livery of ANA)
- 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (progressively leased and carrying the blue livery of ANA)
References
- ^ "Company." Air Central. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
- ^ Website
- ^ "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International: p. 54. 2007-03-27.
External links
References
Airlines of Japan International and domestic airlines 
Domestic airlines JAL: (Hokkaido Air System · J-Air · Japan Air Commuter · Japan Transocean Air · Ryukyu Air Commuter ) ANA: (Air Nippon · Air Nippon Network · ANA Wings) · airtransse · Amakusa Airlines · Fuji Dream Airlines · Ibex Airlines · New Central Airlines · Oriental Air BridgeLow cost airlines ANA: (Air Japan · Peach) · Air Do · AirAsia Japan · JAL Express · Skymark Airlines · Solaseed Air · StarFlyer · Jetstar JapanCargo airlines Defunct airlines see Defunct airlines of Japan
List of airline holding companiesCategories:- Defunct airlines of Japan
- All Nippon Airways
- Airlines established in 1988
- Companies based in Aichi Prefecture
- Airlines of Japan
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