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Air Central
エアーセントラル

IATA NV ICAO CRF Callsign AIR CENTRAL
Founded	May 12, 1988
Hubs	Chubu Centrair International Airport
Alliance	Star Alliance
Destinations	10
Parent company	All Nippon Airways (86.7%) Nagoya Railroad (13.3%)
Headquarters	Tokoname, Aichi, Japan
Key people
Website	http://www.air-central.co.jp

Air Central Co., Ltd. (エアーセントラル株式会社, Eā Sentoraru Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is an airline based in Tokoname, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.^[1] It operates passenger services as All Nippon Airways (ANA) flights. Its main base is Chūbu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya^[2]. The routes are being added to enhance ANA's network with Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 fleet leased from ANA, which shows a shift from a regional airline to an aircraft type-based subsidiary.

Contents 1 History 2 Destinations 3 Fleet 4 References 5 External links 6 References

[edit] History

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In 1953, Nakanihon Air Service (NAS) was founded near Nagoya Airport (now Nagoya Airfield). Its major shareholders included Nagoya Railroad and ANA. Its core business was general aviation, including scenic and charter flights, aerial photography and helicopter services. It still operates as a general aviation company.

A new affiliate company, Nakanihon Airlines (NAL), was founded on May 12, 1988 to handle NAS's scheduled commuter services. It was headquartered in Nagoya Airport and was a joint venture between Nagoya Railroad (55%) and ANA (45%). Commuter services began operations on 23 April 1991. On November 1, 2004, ANA became the majority (55%) shareholder of NAL. As of September 2006, ANA bears 86.7% of the shares of Air Central; and Nagoya Railroad bears 13.3% of its shares.

On February 17, 2005, NAL was renamed to the current name and was relocated to Chubu Centrair International Airport. The flight schedules were amended for convenience of domestic and international flight changeover there. These moves were made for ANA's wish to feed international flights from Centrair operated by ANA and its Star Alliance partners.

[edit] Destinations

According to the ANA online timetable, ^[3] It serves the following destinations on Japan's Honshū, Shikoku, Kyūshū and its nearby islands. No cargo service are offered.

Between Nagoya-Centrair and:

• Fukuoka Airport (FUK), Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Fukushima Airport (FKS), Tamakawa, Fukushima near Koriyama
• Matsuyama Airport (MYJ), Matsuyama, Ehime
• Narita International Airport (NRT), Chiba Prefecture, 70 kilometres from Tokyo
• Niigata Airport (KIJ), Niigata, Niigata
• Tokushima Airport (TKS), Matsushige, Tokushima near

Tokushima city

• Yonago Airport (Miho Airbase YGJ), Sakaiminato, Tottori near Yonago

Between Osaka International Airport (ITM) Itami, Ōsaka and:

• Kochi Airport (KCZ), Nankoku, Kōchi
• Matsuyama Airport
• Niigata Airport

Between Fukuoka Airport and:

• Goto-Fukue Airport (FUJ), Gotō, Nagasaki
• Tsushima Airport (TSJ), Tsushima, Nagasaki

It also operates the Sendai Airport (SDJ), near Sendai, Miyagi to Narita International Airport (NRT) route.

[edit] Fleet

As of March 2007 the Air Central fleet includes ^[4] :

• 3 Fokker 50 (phased out, red livery probably after Nagoya Railroad but have been repainted in blue livery of ANA)
• 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 (progressively leased and carrying the blue livery of ANA)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Air Central

[edit] References

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