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Skymark Airlines
スカイマーク
File:Skymark-logo.png
IATA ICAO Callsign
BC SKY SKYMARK
Founded1996
Commenced operationsSeptember 19, 1998
HubsTokyo International Airport
Kobe Airport
Focus citiesNaha Airport
New Chitose Airport
Fleet size19
Destinations12
Parent companySkymark Airlines Inc. TYO: 9204
HeadquartersTokyo International Airport
Ōta, Tokyo, Japan
Key peopleTakashi Ide (Chairman)
Shinichi Nishikubo (President and CEO)[1]
Websiteskymark.co.jp/en/
Skymark headquarters at Tokyo International Airport

Skymark Airlines Inc. (スカイマーク株式会社, Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha) is a low-cost airline headquartered at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda) in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan,[1] operating scheduled passenger services within Japan. In addition to its base at Haneda, Skymark is the dominant carrier at Kobe Airport[2] and is also the only domestic airline operating at Ibaraki Airport north of Tokyo.

Its major shareholders are CEO Shinichi Nishikubo (35.47%) and the travel agency H.I.S. (27.62%).[3] The airline has 1,699 employees as of June 2011.[1]

History

Skymark Airlines was established in 1996 as an open sky domestic airline after deregulation of the Japanese airline industry, and started operations on 19 September 1998.[3]

Skymark acquired seven Boeing 767-200 and Boeing 767-300 widebody aircraft between 1998 and 2005. Certain 767 fuselages were painted in special "billboard" liveries advertising third party companies, including DirecTV,[4] Yahoo Japan,[4] Microsoft[5] and USEN.[6]

On 11 December 2003, Skymark announced that it expected a profit of 470 million yen for the half-fiscal year ending on 31 October, the first profit made since the airline began operations.[7]

Skymark began acquiring new Boeing 737-800 narrowbody aircraft in 2005, and eventually retired the 767 from its fleet in 2009.[8]

Skymark announced in April 2010 that it would commence "Narita Shuttle" service from Narita International Airport to Asahikawa, Sapporo, Fukuoka and Okinawa in late 2011 and early 2012.[9]

On 8 November 2010 Skymark announced negotiations with Airbus for an order of four Airbus A380 aircraft and two options, which would make it the first Japanese airline to order the type.[10][11][12] This order was confirmed as definite during February 2011. The airline intends to use the aircraft on a number of long-haul trunk routes out of Narita Airport, like London, Frankfurt or New York. Skymark intends to operate the A380s in a two-class, 394-seat configuration - with 114 seats in business class and 280 in a premium economy class. Business Class said to be equipped with angled lie-flat seats at 60" pitch and 20.7" width, while "shell-style" seats at 38" pitch and 20.5" width will be offered in Premium Economy.[13]

In June 2011, Skymark began providing award seats through the Delta Air Lines SkyMiles program.[14]

  • 767 in old livery at Haneda Airport, 2005
    767 in old livery at Haneda Airport, 2005
  • 767 in new livery at Haneda Airport, 2006
    767 in new livery at Haneda Airport, 2006

Services

As of September 2010, Skymark Airlines operates scheduled flights to the following destinations:

Terminated destinations include Aomori, Osaka (Itami), Osaka (Kansai) and Tokushima.

Fleet

A Skymark Boeing 737-800 landing at Haneda Airport (2007).

As of May 2011, the Skymark Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of 2.5 years:[15]

Skymarks Fleet
Aircraft In Service Orders Passengers
Boeing 737-800 19 6
177
Airbus A380 0 6
394
Total 19 12

References

  1. ^ a b c "About Us." Skymark Airlines. Retrieved on June 8, 2011.
  2. ^ http://www.city.kobe.lg.jp/life/access/airport/img/HP23.5.pdf
  3. ^ a b "Skymark Airlines". Airlines Plan. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  4. ^ a b "Photos: Boeing 767-3Q8/ER Aircraft Pictures". Airliners.net. 20 October 2000. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  5. ^ "Photos: Boeing 767-3Q8/ER Aircraft Pictures". Airliners.net. 13 December 1998. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Photos: Boeing 767-3Q8/ER Aircraft Pictures". Airliners.net. 7 December 2002. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  7. ^ "Skymark Airlines Expects First Profits on Half-Year Basis". Highbeam. 11 December 2003. Archived from the original on 11 June 2011. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  8. ^ Skymark Airlines former fleet at airfleets.net
  9. ^ "[プレスリリース：「成田シャトル」構想を発表 成田−旭川・札幌(新千歳)・那覇・福岡まで980円より]". Skymark.co.jp. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  10. ^ Skymark A380 press release
  11. ^ Airbus press release regarding Skymark A380 Memorandum of Understanding
  12. ^ "UPDATE 2-Skymark Airlines orders Japan's first Airbus A380s". Reuters. 8 November 2010. Retrieved 8 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Skymark May Order 15 Airbus A380s in International Expansion". Bloomberg. 12 November 2010. Retrieved 16 November 2010.
  14. ^ "[プレスリリース：スカイマーク デルタ航空 特典交換プログラムへの座席提供について". Skymark.co.jp. Retrieved 11 June 2011.
  15. ^ Skymark Airlines fleet list at planespotters.net

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