J-Air

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J-Air Co., Ltd. (株式会社ジェイエア, Kabushiki-gaisha Jei Ea^?) is an airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines (JAL). Based at Nagoya Airport, it operates feederliner jets throughout the four major islands of Japan. Since the February 17, 2005 opening of Chubu Centrair International Airport, it is the only airline that uses the relegated Nagoya Airport for scheduled transport services. It also has a smaller hub in Osaka International Airport.

1 Code Data
2 History
3 Services
4 Fleet
5 See also
6 External links
7 References

[edit] Code Data

IATA Code: XM
ICAO Code:（No ICAO Code）
Callsign:J AIR

All seats are sold by the name of JAL therefore every ticket will carry JL after JAL.

[edit] History

On April 8, 1988, JAL Flight Academy Co., Ltd. (JFA) was founded in Hiroshima Nishi Airport in Hiroshima, Hiroshima.

In April 1991, a new division of JFA was created to operate scheduled services to succeed the troubled Nishi Seto Airlink services. In September 1991, a nineteen-passenger Jetstream 31 (JS31) replaced Embraer EMB110 Bandeirante from Nishi Seto. JS31s were progressively added to the fleet.

On August 8, 1996, J-Air Co., Ltd was founded in Hiroshima, Hiroshima to identify itself as an airline.

From April 2001, government subsidy termination required J-Air self-sufficient. In the JAL group's marketing strategies it found its niche in segments where 100-plus-passenger Boeing 737s were too large and frequent service were in demand.

Fifty-passenger CRJ-200s progressively replaced five JS31s until completion in August 2003.

On February 17, 2005, it was relocated to Nagoya Airport (NKM) near Nagoya, Aichi to access the larger market opportunity.