Hokkaido International Airlines
北海道国際航空

IATA HD ICAO ADO Callsign AIR DO
Founded	May 12, 1998
Hubs	Tokyo International Airport
Fleet size	8
Destinations	6 (5 flight lines)
Parent company	Corporate rehabilitation fund (96.07%)
Headquarters	Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan
Key people
Website	http://www.airdo.jp/

Hokkaido International Airlines (北海道国際航空株式会社, Hokkaidō Kokusai Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha^?), also known as Air Do (エア・ドゥ, Ea Du^?) is a Japanese low-cost airline. Headquartered in Chūō-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaidō,^[1] it operates between Tokyo and cities in Hokkaidō. Its main base of operations is Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo.^[2]

[edit] History

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The airline was established in 1996 and started operations in December 1998. The brainchild of a successful poultry farmer in Hokkaidō, it is owned by Mizuho Financial Group (96.07%) and individual investors (3.93%). It has 565 employees (at March 2007)^[2].

Air Do was one of Japan's first low-cost airlines. It originally competed with Japan's major domestic carriers (All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Japan Air System), who lowered their fares to Air Do's level without seriously compromising corporate profits. After two years of losses, the airline entered a code-sharing agreement with ANA, and now has the same general fare structure as the majors.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Destinations

Hokkaido International Airlines 767-300

Air Do operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations from Tokyo.^[3]

• Tokyo International Airport - Asahikawa Airport (Asahikawa)
• Tokyo International Airport - New Chitose Airport (Sapporo)
• Tokyo International Airport - Hakodate Airport (Hakodate)
• Tokyo International Airport - Memanbetsu Airport (Ōzora)
• Sendai Airport - New Chitose Airport (Sapporo)
• Niigata Airport - New Chitose Airport (Sapporo)

[edit] Fleet

The Air Do fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2009):

• 5 Boeing 737-500
• 1 Boeing 767-300
• 2 Boeing 767-300ER

[edit] External links

• Air Do
• Air Do Fleet

[edit] References

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