New Japan Aviation

New Japan Aviation
新日本航空
Shin Nihon Kōkū

IATA ICAO Callsign -- NJA SHIN NIHON
Founded	July 1969
Fleet size	5
Destinations	2
Headquarters	Kagoshima Airport, Japan
Website	nja.aeronewj.co.jp

New Japan Aviation (新日本航空 Shin Nihon Kōkū) is a Japanese aviation services company that operates scheduled air service between Niigata and Sado Island, as well as flight training and other services from its headquarters at Kagoshima Airport.

History

NJA began scheduled service between Niigata and Sado in February 2011.^[1] NJA suspended the route for eleven days in July 2012 after its Islander aircraft struck a car while taxiing at Niigata Airport.^[2] NJA suspended the route again in February 2013 due to a faulty generator indicator on its Islander aircraft, which could only be fixed by importing special components.^[3] The service resumed in August 2013.^[4] It is the only airline currently providing scheduled service to Sado Island, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past.^[5]

Scheduled destinations

• Niigata Airport
• Sado Airport

Nonscheduled destinations / Charter flights

• Kagoshima Airport
• Satsuma Iwo Island Airport 薩摩硫黄島飛行場
• Miyazaki Airport
• Kumamoto Airport
• Amakusa Airport
• Kitakyushu Airport
• Nagasaki Airport
• Oita Airport

Fleet

• Four Cessna 172
• One Britten-Norman Islander

References

1. "佐渡/新潟に新日本航空が就航へ-整備士の募集開始". FlyTeam.jp. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
2. "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開-7月14日から". FlyTeam.jp. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
3. "新日本航空、メーターの故障で10月5日から新潟/佐渡線を運休". FlyTeam.jp. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
4. "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開 1ヶ月半は1往復運航". FlyTeam.jp. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
5. "佐渡空港". Niigata Prefectural Government. Retrieved 21 January 2014.

External links

• Official website (Japanese)
• Official website (Japanese)