Air Nippon Network

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Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 with Rosa rugosa (Hamanasu) livery, seen in Hakodate Airport.
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 with Rosa rugosa (Hamanasu) livery, seen in Hakodate Airport.

Air Nippon Network (IATA: EH, ICAO: AKX, and Callsign: ALFA WING) [1], or A-net, is an airline based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. It operates feeder services for parent Air Nippon, itself a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base is New Chitose Airport[2].

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[edit] History

The airline was established in May 2001 to operate Air Nippon's local feeder routes from Tokyo and Sapporo. It started operations on 1 July 2002 using three Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. In December 2003 four more Dash 8s joined to replace Boeing 737 aircraft operated from Osaka (Osaka International Airport) by Air Nippon.[citation needed]

Air Nippon Network has 400 employees (at March 2007)[2].

[edit] Destinations

Domestic destinations include:[3]

[edit] Hokkaidō

[edit] Kantō

[edit] Kansai

[edit] Tōhoku

[edit] Chūbu

[edit] Chūgoku

[edit] Shikoku

[edit] Kyūshū

[edit] Fleet

The Air Nippon Network fleet consist of the following aircraft (as of March 2007)[2] :

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Airline Codes
  2. ^ a b c "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, p. 64. 
  3. ^ [1] 運航路線 and [2] 会社概要
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