A Ryukyu Air Commuter counter at Hateruma Airport; as of 2008 RAC no longer serves Hateruma^[1]

de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103Q Dash 8 operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter (old livery)

de Havilland Canada DHC-8-103Q Dash 8 operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter (old livery)

Britten-Norman Islander II operated by Ryukyu Air Commuter (old livery)

Britten-Norman Islander II by RAC (old livery)

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 the Ryūkyū Islands and Amami Islands.

[edit] Code data

• ICAO Code: RAC (not current)
• Callsign: RYUKYU (not current)

[edit] History

The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (69.8%), other shareholders (44.9%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%).

[edit] Services

^[3] Scheduled destinations (as of January 2008), all in include:

• Kagoshima Prefecture
  • Amami on Amami Ōshima (Amami Airport)
  • Yoron on Yoronjima (Yoron Airport)
• Okinawa Prefecture
  • Aguni (Aguni Airport)
  • Ishigaki (Ishigaki Airport)
  • Kitadaitō (Kitadaito Airport)
  • Kumejima (Kumejima Airport)
  • Minami-Daito (Minamidaito Airport)
  • Miyako-jima in Miyakojima (Miyako Airport)
  • Naha on Okinawa Island (Naha Airport) (Hub)
  • Tarama (Tarama Airport)
  • Yonaguni on Yonaguni (Yonaguni Airport)

[edit] Former destinations

• Okinawa Prefecture
  • Hateruma (Hateruma Airport)^[1]
  • Zamami, Kerama Islands (Kerama Airport) ^[4]

[edit] Fleet

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet includes the following aircraft (as of November 2009) ^[5] :

• 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 1 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300

[edit] External links

• RAC official web site (Japanese)

[edit] References

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