Japan Air Commuter

Japan Air Commuter
日本エアコミューター
IATA ICAO Callsign
3X JAC COMMUTER
Founded July 1, 1983
Hubs Kagoshima Airport
Osaka International Airport
Focus cities Amami Airport
Fukuoka Airport
Frequent-flyer program JAL Mileage Bank
Alliance Oneworld
Fleet size 14
Destinations 14
Parent company Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd.
Headquarters Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
Key people Kato Hiroki, President[1]
Employees 467 (March 1, 2017)[1]
Website jac.co.jp
Japan Air Commuter headquarters

Japan Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (日本エアコミューター株式会社, Nihon Ea Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese airline based in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture.[2] It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with hubs at Osaka International Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport.[3]

History

The airline was established on 1 July 1983[4] and started operations in December 1983. A joint investment plan with public and private investors in fourteen Kagoshima Prefecture municipalities established Japan Air Commuter.[4] At the time JAC was an affiliate of Toa Domestic Airlines, later known as Japan Air System.[4] In the 1990s JAC had its headquarters in the Kagoshima Airport Building Annex in Mizobe, Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture.[5]

Japan Air System later merged into Japan Airlines. Japan Air Commuter has 455 employees (September 2016) and is owned by Japan Airlines (60%) and 12 local municipalities of the Amami Islands and Kagoshima (40%).[3]

Destinations

Japan Air Commuter Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 in the old "JAC" livery.
Japan Air Commuter Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 in the "Arc of the Sun" livery.

Japan Air Commuter operates to the following destinations (as of June 2018):[6]

Amami Islands

Honshu

Kyūshū

Shikoku

Fleet

A Japan Air Commuter Saab 340 departs Osaka International Airport, Japan (2010).

As of October 2018 the Japan Air Commuter fleet includes the following aircraft. [7]

Japan Air Commuter Fleet
Aircraft Total Orders Passengers
ATR 42-600 5 2 48[8]
ATR 72-600 — 1 70
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 3 — 74[9]
Saab 340B 6 — 36[10]
Total 14 3

Former fleet

A Japan Air Commuter NAMC YS-11 at Fukuoka Airport in 2006.

Japan Air Commuter has previously operated the following aircraft:

Japan Air Commuter Fleet History
Aircraft Fleet Year Introduced Year Retired Notes/Refs
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 8 2002 2018
Dornier Do 228 3 1983 1995
NAMC YS-11A-500 12 1988 2006 [11][12][13]
Saab 340B 5 1992 2018

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.jac.co.jp/company_info/index.html
  2. ↑ "会社概要." Japan Air Commuter. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
  3. 1 2 "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 96.
  4. 1 2 3 "COMPANY INFORMATION." Japan Air System.
  5. ↑ "World Airline Directory." Flight International. March 23–29, 1994. "Japan Air System" 95.
  6. ↑ Route Map," Japan Air Commuter
  7. ↑ https://www.planespotters.net/airline/Japan-Air-Commuter
  8. ↑ Press release from 2015/06/15 about decision to introduce ATR42-600 (Japanese)
  9. ↑ Dash 8 seats configuration Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  10. ↑ Saab 340B seats configuration Archived 2012-11-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ "Shimojijima Airport," Okinawa Prefecture
  12. ↑ "Gallery" (November 7, 1996). Japan Air System.
  13. ↑ JAC operating history


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