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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)

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 August 2006) ^[5] :

4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 (plus 1 on order)
2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander
1 Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander

[edit] External links

RAC official web site (Japanese)

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b "Hateruma Airport Guide at Japan Airlines. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
^ "会社概要." Ryukyu Air Commuter. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.
^ "Route Network," Japan Transocean Air
^ "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines
^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

[EndHateruma-0] "Hateruma Airport Guide at Japan Airlines. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.

[1] "会社概要." Ryukyu Air Commuter. Retrieved on May 19, 2009.

[2] "Route Network," Japan Transocean Air

[3] "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines

[4] Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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