Hokkaido International Airlines
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| Hokkaido International Airlines 北海道国際航空 |
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ICAO ADO |
Callsign Air Do |
| Founded | May 12, 1988 | |
| Hubs | New Chitose Airport | |
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| Parent company | Corporate rehabilitation fund (96.07%) | |
| Headquarters | Sapporo,Hokkaido, Japan | |
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| Website: http://www.airdo.jp/ | ||
Hokkaido International Airlines (北海道国際航空株式会社 Hokkaidō Kokusai Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha?), also known as Air Do (エア・ドゥ Ea Du?) is a Japanese low-cost airline. Based in Sapporo, Hokkaido, it operates between Tokyo and cities in Hokkaido. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1996 and started operations in 1998. The brainchild of a successful poultry farmer in Hokkaido, it is owned by Mizuho Financial Group (96.07%) and individual investors (3.93%).
Air Do was one of Japan's first low-cost airlines. It originally competed with Japan's major domestic carriers (All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Japan Air System), who lowered their fares to Air Do's level without seriously compromising corporate profits. After two years of losses, the airline entered a code-sharing agreement with ANA, and now has the same general fare structure as the majors.
[edit] Services
Air Do operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Asahikawa, Sapporo, Hakodate and Tokyo.
- Tokyo International Airport - Asahikawa Airport
- Tokyo International Airport - New Chitose Airport
- Tokyo International Airport - Hakodate Airport
[edit] Fleet
The Air Do fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) [1] :
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
