Solaseed Air
Solaseed Air (スカイネットアジア航空株式会社, Sukainetto Ajia Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha?, SNA) is a low-cost airline with its headquarters, the SNA Center (SNAセンター, SNA Sentā?), on the first floor of the Again Building (アゲインビル, Agein Biru?) in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.[1] It operates services mainly between Miyazaki/Kumamoto/Nagasaki (Kyushu Island) and Tokyo. Beginning September 2007, flights to Kagoshima will be introduced. Recently, the airline has announced it will offer discounts for foreign tourists that are up to 65% lower than regular fares. It is the first time a Japanese airline has offered a discount fare aimed only at tourists from abroad.[2] The airline will begin operating under the name Solaseed Air beginning in July 2011.[3]
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%).
Destinations
Solaseed Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of February 2011)
Future plans include route expansion to key cities in Japan and across Asia.
Fleet
As of November 2011, the Solaseed Air fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 12.8 years:[4]
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