Ryukyu Air Commuter

Ryukyu Air Commuter
琉球エアーコミューター株式会社
IATA ICAO Callsign
RAC RYUKYU
Founded 17 February 1985
Hubs Naha Airport
Fleet size 5
Destinations 10
Parent company Japan Air Commuter Co. Ltd.
Headquarters Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Key people Kyo Irei (President)[1]
Website RAC website
Japan Transocean Air headquarters, which houses the RAC headquarters
A former RAC counter at Hateruma Airport; as of 2008 RAC no longer serves Hateruma.[2]

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.[3] It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture.

History

The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (72.9%), other shareholders (22.0%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%).

Destinations

Scheduled destinations (as of May 2014):[4]

[Base]Base
[T]Terminated
City Country IATA ICAO Airport
AmamiJapanASJRJKAAmami Airport
HaterumaJapanHTRRORHHateruma Airport [T][2]
IshigakiJapanISGROIGNew Ishigaki Airport
KitadaitōJapanKTDRORKKitadaitō Airport
KumejimaJapanUEOROKJKumejima Airport
Minami-DaitoJapanMMDROMDMinami-Daito Airport
MiyakojimaJapanMMYROMYMiyako Airport
NahaJapanOKAROAHNaha Airport [Base]
TaramaJapanTRARORTTarama Airport
YonaguniJapanOGNROYNYonaguni Airport
YoronJapanRNJRORYYoron Airport
ZamamiJapanKJPROKRKerama Airport [T][5]

Fleet

A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 in the old livery, landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)
A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of January 2016):[6]

Ryukyu Air Commuter Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
(Economy)
Bombardier Dash 8 Q100 4 - 39
Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 1 - 50
Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 1 4 50
Total 6 4

In 2015 the airline signed a firm purchase agreement for 10 Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 include 5 of them are cargo-combi aircraft, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2014. It will be the launch customer for this new variant aircraft.[7]

References

  1. ↑ http://rac.churashima.net/profile.html
  2. 1 2 "Hateruma Airport Guide at Japan Airlines. Retrieved on February 1, 2008.
  3. ↑ "Company Profile." (Japanese) Ryukyu Air Commuter. Retrieved on February 14, 2010. "所在地 沖縄県那覇市山下町3番1号（〒900-0027）"
  4. ↑ "Route Network," Japan Transocean Air
  5. ↑ "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines
  6. ↑ Planespotters, 4 January 2016
  7. ↑ "Q400 Combi Variant Launched". Airliner World: 19. November 2015.

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