Ryukyu Air Commuter

nihongo|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 based in Japan. It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to the Ryūkyū Islands and Amami Islands. The airline's headquarters are in Naha, Okinawa.

Code Data

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

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%).

Services

[" [http://www.churashima.net/jta/flight/network.html Route Network] ," "Japan Transocean Air"] Scheduled destinations (as of January 2008), all in include:
* Kagoshima Prefecture
** Amami on Amami Ōshima (Amami-Oshima 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)

Former destinations

* Okinawa Prefecture
** Hateruma (Hateruma Airport)
** Zamami, Kerama Islands (Kerama Airport) [" [http://www.jal.co.jp/en/dom/airport/japan/kjp/kjp_00.html Kerama Airport Guide] ," "Japan Airlines"]

Fleet

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet includes the following aircraft (as of August 2006) [Flight International, 3-9 October 2006] :

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

External links

* [http://rac.churashima.net/ RAC official web site (Japanese)]

References