JC JAC Frequent-flyer program JAL Mileage Bank Destinations 14 Alliance Oneworld Parent organizations Japan Airlines, JALways | JAC COMMUTER Fleet size 19 Founded 1 July 1983 Number of employees 455 (September, 2016) | |
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Focus cities Amami Airport
Fukuoka Airport Headquarters Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan Hubs Itami Airport, Kagoshima Airport | ||
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Japan Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (日本エアコミューター株式会社, Nihon Ea Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha) is a Japanese airline based in Kirishima, Kagoshima Prefecture. It operates feeder services in support of Japan Airlines. Its main base is Kagoshima Airport, with hubs at Osaka International Airport, Amami Airport and Fukuoka Airport.
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History
The airline was established on 1 July 1983 and started operations in December 1983. A joint investment plan with public and private investors in fourteen Kagoshima Prefecture municipalities established Japan Air Commuter. At the time JAC was an affiliate of Toa Domestic Airlines, later known as Japan Air System. In the 1990s JAC had its headquarters in the Kagoshima Airport Building Annex in Mizobe, Aira District, Kagoshima Prefecture.
Japan Air System later merged into Japan Airlines. Japan Air Commuter has 455 employees (September 2016) and is owned by Japan Airlines (60%) and 12 local municipalities of the Amami Islands and Kagoshima (40%).
Destinations
Japan Air Commuter operates to the following destinations (as of December 2016):
Amami Islands
Honshu
Kyūshū
Shikoku
Fleet
As of January 2017 the Japan Air Commuter fleet includes:
Previously operated
Japan Air Commuter has previously operated the following aircraft: