Nakanihon Air Service

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Nakanihon Air Service is a general aviation company based in Nagoya, Japan.

[edit] History

In 1953, Nakanihon Air Service Co.,Ltd. (中日本航空株式会社 Nakanihon Kōkū Kabushiki Gaisha) (NAS) was founded near Nagoya Airport. Its major shareholders included Nagoya Railroad and ANA. Its core business has been general aviation, including scenic and charter flights, aerial photography and helicopter services.

On May 12, 1988, a new affiliate company Nakanihon Airlines (中日本エアラインサービス lit. Mid-Japan Airline Service) (NAL) was founded to handle 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 and it was renamed Air Central in 2005.

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