Manchukuo National Airways
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Manchukuo National Airways (満州航空株式会社 Manshū kōkū kabushikigaisha or Manshu Koku Kabushiki kaisha?) was the name of the "national" airline of the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo.
This airline had a "hub" in Hsinking (Changchung) and was linked by regular flight routes from Harbin, Shamussi (Kiamusze), Jilin, Mukden, Antung, Chinchow, Chengde, Tsitsihar, Hailar, and the Kwantung and Chosen areas, for connections with Imperial Japanese Airways (Dai Nippon Koku KK) to Japan itself or foreign routes.
The airline used the following airplanes:
- Mansyu Hayabusa I,II,III (30 examples) locally manufactured by the Manshukoku Hikoki Seizo KK (Manchurian Airplane Company) of Harbin
- Nakajima Ki-34 "Thora"
- Fokker F.VIIb-3m/M
- Fokker Super Universal (Nakajima Ki-6)
- Junkers Ju 86Z-2 (5 examples for paramilitary uses also)
- Heinkel He 116A (2 examples: V5 and V6)
- De Havilland DH.80 A "Puss Moth"
- Tachikawa Ki-54 "Hickory"
- Mitsubishi MC-20 (Ki-57 "Topsi")
This company began service during the 1930s and ceased operations in August 1945 during the Soviet invasion. The aircraft, goods and equipment were confiscated, to the benefit of the Soviets and Communist Chinese, after the conflict.
