Ryukyu Air Commuter
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Founded | 17 February 1985 | ||||||
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Hubs | Naha Airport | ||||||
Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 9 | ||||||
Parent company | Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd. | ||||||
Headquarters | Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan | ||||||
Key people | Kyo Irei (President)[1] | ||||||
Website | RAC website |
Ryukyu Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (琉球エアーコミューター株式会社, Ryūkyū Eā Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha) is an airline headquartered in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[2] It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture.
History
The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (72.9%), other shareholders (22.0%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%). In 2015, the airline signed a firm purchase agreement for five Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 passenger/cargo combi aircraft, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2014. It will be the launch customer for this new variant aircraft.[3] The final Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 flight was on Jan 31, 2018.
Destinations
Scheduled destinations (as of November 2019):[4]
City | IATA | ICAO | Airport | Notes | Refs |
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Amami | ASJ | RJKA | Amami Airport | ||
Hateruma | HTR | RORH | Hateruma Airport | Terminated | |
Ishigaki | ISG | ROIG | New Ishigaki Airport | ||
Kitadaitō | KTD | RORK | Kitadaitō Airport | ||
Kumejima | UEO | ROKJ | Kumejima Airport | Terminated | |
Minami-Daito | MMD | ROMD | Minami-Daito Airport | ||
Miyakojima | MMY | ROMY | Miyako Airport | ||
Naha | OKA | ROAH | Naha Airport | Hub | |
Tarama | TRA | RORT | Tarama Airport | ||
Yonaguni | OGN | ROYN | Yonaguni Airport | ||
Yoron | RNJ | RORY | Yoron Airport | ||
Zamami | KJP | ROKR | Kerama Airport | Terminated | [5] |
Fleet
Current Fleet
The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):[6][7]
Aircraft | In Fleet | Orders | Passengers (Economy) |
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Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 Combi | 5 | — | 50 + Cargo |
Total | 5 | — |
Former Fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft:
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Company Profile Archived 2010-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." (Japanese) Ryukyu Air Commuter. Retrieved on February 14, 2010. "所在地 沖縄県那覇市山下町3番1号(〒900-0027)"
- ^ "Q400 Combi Variant Launched". Airliner World: 19. November 2015.
- ^ "Route Network," Ryukyu Air Commuter
- ^ "Kerama Airport Guide[permanent dead link]," Japan Airlines
- ^ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 18.
- ^ "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
External links
Media related to Ryukyu Air Commuter at Wikimedia Commons