Ryukyu Air Commuter

Ryukyu Air Commuter
琉球エアーコミューター株式会社
IATA ICAO Callsign
RAC RYUKYU
Founded 17 February 1985
Hubs Naha Airport
Fleet size 6
Destinations 10
Parent company Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd.
Headquarters Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Key people Kyo Irei (President)[1]
Website RAC website
Japan Transocean Air headquarters, which houses the RAC headquarters
A former RAC counter at Hateruma Airport; as of 2008 RAC no longer serves Hateruma.[2]

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.[3] 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%).

Destinations

Scheduled destinations (as of May 2014):[4] |}

City Country IATA ICAO Airport Notes Refs
AmamiJapanASJRJKAAmami Airport
HaterumaJapanHTRRORHHateruma AirportTerminated[2]
IshigakiJapanISGROIGNew Ishigaki Airport
KitadaitōJapanKTDRORKKitadaitō Airport
KumejimaJapanUEOROKJKumejima Airport
Minami-DaitoJapanMMDROMDMinami-Daito Airport
MiyakojimaJapanMMYROMYMiyako Airport
NahaJapanOKAROAHNaha AirportHub
TaramaJapanTRARORTTarama Airport
YonaguniJapanOGNROYNYonaguni Airport
YoronJapanRNJRORYYoron Airport
ZamamiJapanKJPROKRKerama AirportTerminated[5]

Fleet

Current Fleet

A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 in the old livery, landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)
A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of July 2018):[6]

Ryukyu Air Commuter Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
(Economy)
Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 Combi 5 — 50 + Cargo
Total 5 —

In 2015, the airline signed a firm purchase agreement for 5 cargo-combi Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 aircraft, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2014. It will be the launch customer for this new variant aircraft.[7] . The final Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 flight was on Jan 31, 2018.

Former Fleet

The airline previously operated the following aircraft:

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  2. 1 2 "Hateruma Airport Guide Archived 2011-03-17 at Archive.is at Japan Airlines. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
  3. ↑ "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）"
  4. ↑ "Route Network," Japan Transocean Air
  5. ↑ "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines
  6. ↑ "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
  7. ↑ "Q400 Combi Variant Launched". Airliner World: 19. November 2015.


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