Skynet Asia Airways

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Skynet Asia Airways Co., Ltd. (スカイネットアジア航空株式会社, Sukainetto Ajia Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is a low-cost airline based in Fukuoka, Japan. It operates services mainly between Miyazaki/Kumamoto/Nagasaki and Tokyo.

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

[edit] Code Data

• IATA Code: 6J
• ICAO Code: SNJ
• Callsign: Newsky ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established in May 2002 and started operations in July 2002. It was formerly Pan Asia Airlines. It launched services as the fourth new airline in a deregulated Japanese market since 1998. The airline is owned by the Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan (56.9%) and Mera Electric Industrial Corporation (11.7%).

[edit] Services

Skynet Asia Airways operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of August 2005): Kumamoto, Miyazaki, and Nagasaki to/from Tokyo.

Future plans include route expansion to key cities in Japan and across Asia.

[edit] Fleet

The Skynet Asia Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[2] :

• 6 Boeing 737-400

[edit] External links

• Skynet Asia Airways official web site (Japanese)
• Skynet Asia Airways Fleet Detail

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006