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Skynet Asia Airways

IATA 6J ICAO SNJ Callsign NEWSKY
Founded	2002
Fleet size	9
Destinations	5
Parent company	Miyakoh Holdings
Headquarters	Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture
Key people	{{{key_people}}}
Website	skynetasia.co.jp/eng/index.html

Skynet Asia Airways Co., Ltd. (スカイネットアジア航空株式会社, Sukainetto Ajia Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is a low-cost airline based in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.^[1] It operates services mainly between Miyazaki/Kumamoto/Nagasaki and Tokyo. Beginning September 2007, flights to Kagoshima will be introduced. Recently, the airline has announced it will offer discounts for foreign tourists that are up to 65% lower than regular fares. It is the first time a Japanese airline has offered a discount fare aimed only at tourists from abroad.^[2]

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

[edit] History

The airline was established in May 2002 and started operations in July 2002. It was formerly Pan Asia Airlines. It launched services as the fourth new airline in a deregulated Japanese market since 1998. The airline is owned by the Industrial Revitalisation Corporation of Japan (56.9%) and Mera Electric Industrial Corporation (11.7%). m nn

[edit] Destinations

Skynet Asia Airways operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (as of February 2009)

• Tokyo International Airport - Kagoshima Airport (Kagoshima)
• Tokyo International Airport - Kumamoto Airport (Kumamoto)
• Tokyo International Airport - Miyazaki Airport (Miyazaki)
• Tokyo International Airport - Nagasaki Airport (Nagasaki)
• Naha Airport - Kagoshima Airport (Kagoshima)
• Naha Airport - Nagasaki Airport (Nagasaki)
• Naha Airport - Miyazaki Airport (Miyazaki)
• Naha Airport - Kumamoto Airport (Kumamoto) (Scheduled to start November 1, 2009)

Future plans include route expansion to key cities in Japan and across Asia.

[edit] Fleet

The Skynet Asia Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2009):

• 9 Boeing 737-400

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Skynet Asia Airways official web site (Japanese)
• Skynet Asia Airways official web site (English)
• Ch-aviation Skynet Asia Airways fleet
• [1]* (Japanese, PDF)

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