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 Airfield, it operates feederliner jets throughout the four major islands of Japan. Since the February 17, 2005 opening of Chūbu Centrair International Airport, it is the only airline that uses the relegated Nagoya Airfield for scheduled transport services. It also has a smaller hub in Osaka International Airport (Itami Airport).[1] J-Air is a member of Oneworld.

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[edit] Code Data

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

[edit] History

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On April 8, 1988, JAL Flight Academy Co., Ltd. (JFA) was founded in Hiroshima-Nishi Airport in Hiroshima City. 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 EMB 110 Bandeirante from Nishi Seto. JS31s were progressively added to the fleet.

On August 8, 1996, J-Air Co., Ltd was founded in Hiroshima City to identify itself as an airline. From April 2001, government subsidy termination required J-Air self-sufficient. In JAL group's marketing strategies it found its niche in segments where 100-plus-passenger Boeing 737s were too large and frequent services 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 Airfield (NKM) near Nagoya to access the larger market opportunity.

On April 1, 2007, J-Air joined the alliance "Oneworld" as member airlines.

Also on February 22, 2007, J-Air announced that it ordered 10 Embraer E-170 jets (78 passengers) plus 5 options. Their first receive will be October 2008, and first operation will be February 2009. J-Air's Embraer E-170 jets will be operated in Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) and Osaka International Airport (Itami) based routes[3]. In order to meet the J-Air's expansion project, they have started cadet pilot recruitment in November 2006. As of January 2008, the first and second cadet groups are training in J-Air's training center in Australia.

[edit] Destinations

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J-Air operates services to the following destinations:

[edit] Hokkaidō

[edit] Honshū

It is on the border of Hyôgo and Osaka Prefectures. It serves the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

[edit] Kyūshū

[edit] Shikoku

No cargo service offered.

[edit] Fleet

J-Air CRJ-200
J-Air CRJ-200


As of March 2007 the J-Air fleet includes [5] :

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Online timetable. A hub is a de facto thing.
  2. ^ J-Air History in #External Links.
  3. ^ Monthly Airline (月刊エアライン Gekkan Earain?)
  4. ^ JAL online timetables.
  5. ^ "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-04-03, p. 96. 


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