Amakusa Airlines
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Founded | October 12, 1998; 25 years ago (1998-10-12) | ||||||
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Commenced operations | March 23, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-03-23) | ||||||
Hubs | Amakusa Airfield | ||||||
Focus cities | Kumamoto Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 1 | ||||||
Destinations | 3 | ||||||
Headquarters | Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan | ||||||
Key people | Toru Okushima (CEO)[3] | ||||||
Website | www |
Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd. (天草エアライン株式会社, Amakusa Earain Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline based in Amakusa, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan.[3] It operates regional services from and to Amakusa. Its main base is Amakusa Airfield, with a focus city in Kumamoto Airport.[4]
History
The airline was established on 12 October 1998 and started operations on 23 March 2000, with services from Amakusa to Fukuoka and Kumamoto. It is owned by the municipal government (80% stake) and Japan Airlines.[4] On 1 October 2004, it began service between Kumamoto and Matsuyama. On 18 April 2006, it cumulatively carried over 50,000 passengers. On 1 September 2008, it stopped the service between Kumamoto and Matsuyama. Three days later, on 4 September, it began the service between Kumamoto and Kobe. On 31 March 2010, it stopped the service between Kumamoto and Kobe.[citation needed]
In 2015, Amakusa has been reported that the fleet with 1 of 2 ATR 42-600 has been delivered with another 3 options while the Dash 8 has been transferred to Oriental Air Bridge.[5] Amakusa in the future can fly between Amakusa and Kagoshima, Amakusa and Miyazaki, Amakusa and Kochi, Oita and Osaka, Fukuoka and Osaka, Hiroshima and Osaka as well as Fukuoka and Tsushima.[citation needed]
Destinations
Amakusa Airlines serves the following destinations (as of May 2021[update]):[6]
City | Island | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Amakusa | Kyushu | AXJ | RJDA | Amakusa Airfield | Hub | |
Fukuoka | Kyushu | FUK | RJFF | Fukuoka Airport | ||
Kobe | Honshu | UKB | RJBE | Kobe Airport | Terminated | |
Kumamoto | Kyushu | KMJ | RJFT | Kumamoto Airport | Focus city | |
Matsuyama | Shikoku | MYJ | RJOM | Matsuyama Airport | Terminated | |
Osaka | Honshu | ITM | RJOO | Itami Airport |
Fleet
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Amakusa_Airlines_ATR_42-600_%28JA01AM%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Amakusa_Airlines_ATR_42-600_%28JA01AM%29_%28cropped%29.jpg)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/AmakusaAirlines_DHC-8-100_fukuoka_20040926112310.jpg/220px-AmakusaAirlines_DHC-8-100_fukuoka_20040926112310.jpg)
Current fleet
The Amakusa Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[7][needs update]
Aircraft | In fleet | On order | Passengers |
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ATR 42-600 | 1 | 1[5] | 48 |
Total | 1 | 1 |
Former fleet
Amakusa Airlines has also operated the following aircraft in the past:[citation needed]
Aircraft | Total |
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De Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 | 1 |
Eurocopter Dauphin | 1 |
References
- ^ "Airline and Location Code Search".
- ^ Alphabetical Index of Airline ICAO Codes
- ^ a b "会社案内" (in Japanese). Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd. Retrieved 14 May 2014. Headquarters address: "本社 〒863−2114 熊本県天草市五和町城河原1丁目2080番地5"
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-03-27. p. 74.
- ^ a b "First ATR 42-600 in Japan | AIRheads↑FLY". Archived from the original on 2015-08-13.
- ^ "時刻表" (in Japanese). Amakusa Airlines Co., Ltd. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World (October 2019): 18.
External links
Media related to Amakusa Airlines at Wikimedia Commons
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