Ryukyu Air Commuter

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Ryukyu Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (琉球エアーコミューター株式会社, Ryūkyū Eā Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is an airline based in Japan. It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to the Ryūkyū Islands and Amami Islands. The airline's headquarters are in Naha, Okinawa.

Contents 1 Code Data 2 History 3 Services 4 Fleet 5 External links 6 References

[edit] Code Data

• ICAO Code: RAC
• Callsign: RYUKYU

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (69.8%), other shareholders (44.9%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%).

[edit] Services

Domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Aguni, Amami-Oshima, Hateruma, Ishigaki, Kerama, Kita-Daito, Kumejima, Minami-Daito, Naha, Tarama, Yonaguni and Yoron.

[edit] Fleet

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[1] :

• 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 (plus 1 on order)

Other aircraft (as of January 2005):

• 2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander
• 1 Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander

[edit] External links

• RAC official web site (Japanese)

[edit] References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006