Ibex Airlines

Ibex Airlines
IATA
FW
ICAO
IBX
Callsign
IBEX
Founded 29 January 1999
Commenced operations 7 August 2000
Operating bases Sendai Airport
Fleet size 9
Destinations 11
Headquarters Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan
Key people Takao Shallow (Chairman)
Hiroyuki Hattori (CEO)
Website www.ibexair.co.jp

Ibex Airlines Co., Ltd. (アイベックスエアラインズ株式会社 Aibekkusu Earainzu Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan.[1] It operates domestic services from Tokyo. Its main base is Sendai Airport, Natori, Miyagi.[2]

History

The airline was established on 29 January 1999 and started operations on 7 August 2000 between Sendai and Osaka (Kansai Airport) under the name of Fairinc. It reached a co-operation agreement with All Nippon Airways under which it is provided assistance in flight operations, flight crew provision, maintenance and engineering services etc. In October 2004 the Sendai based airline changed its name to Ibex Airlines. The airline began service to Tokyo-Narita Airport in June 2009.[2]

Destinations

An IBEX Airlines Bombardier CRJ100LR at Sapporo-New Chitose Airport, Hokkaido, Japan. (2007)
An IBEX Airlines Bombardier CRJ200ER landing at Tokyo-Narita, Japan. (2010)
An IBEX Airlines Bombardier CRJ700NG in Miyazaki Airport, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. (2013)

Ibex Airlines operates only services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of December 2014):

[Base]Base
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
FukuokaJapanFUKRJFFFukuoka Airport
FukushimaJapanFKSRJSFFukushima Airport
HiroshimaJapanHIJRJOAHiroshima Airport
KomatsuJapanKMQRJNKKomatsu Airport
Kunisaki/ŌitaJapanOITRJFOOita Airport
MiyazakiJapanKMIRJFMMiyazaki Airport
NagoyaJapanNGORJGGChūbu Centrair International Airport
OsakaJapanITMRJOOOsaka International Airport
SapporoJapanCTSRJCCNew Chitose Airport
SendaiJapanSDJRJSSSendai Airport [Base]
TokyoJapanNRTRJAANarita International Airport

Fleet

The Ibex Airlines fleet includes the following aircraft (as of April 2014):[1]

Ibex Airlines Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
Bombardier CRJ100LR 1 0 50
Bombardier CRJ200ER 2 0 50
Bombardier CRJ700NG 6 2 70
Total 9 2

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Corporate Profile." Ibex Airlines. Retrieved on May 20, 2009.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 92.

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