Solaseed Air

Solaseed Air
IATA ICAO Callsign
6J SNJ NEWSKY
Founded 1997 (as Pan Asia Airlines)
Operating bases
Fleet size 12
Destinations 9
Parent company Development Bank of Japan
Headquarters Miyazaki Airport, Miyazaki, Japan
Key people Hiroshi Takahashi (CEO)[1]
Website www.solaseedair.jp

Solaseed Air (ソラシド エア Sorashido Ea), incorporated as Solaseed Air Inc. (株式会社ソラシドエア Kabushiki-gaisha Sorashido Ea SNA) is a low-cost airline headquartered on the property of Miyazaki Airport in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

It operates services mainly between destinations on Kyushu and Tokyo. The airline changed its branding to Solaseed Air in July 2011.[2]

History

Miyazaki Airport, the location of the headquarters

The airline was established in May 2002, it was formerly Pan Asia Airlines as the fourth new airline in a deregulated Japanese market since 1997. The corporate name was changed to Skynet Asia Airways Co., Ltd. in August 1998, and started operations in July 2002. It newly launched unique services emphasized smile and hospitality under establishing "Solaseed Air" as corporate brand in July 2011. As of December 2015, the corporate name itself has been also changed to Solaseed Air Inc.. The airline is owned by Development Bank of Japan (22.41%), Miyazaki Kotsu Co., Ltd. (17.03%) and ANA Holdings Inc. (17.03%).

Corporate affairs

Solaseed established the head office in the second floor of Miyazaki Airport Building (宮崎空港ビル Miyazaki Kūkō Biru) in Miyazaki, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.[3] It previously had a headquarters in another facility in Miyazaki City.[4] The headquarters later moved to the SNA Center (SNAセンター SNA Sentā) in the Again Building (アゲインビル Agein Biru) in Miyazaki.[5]

Destinations

A Skynet Asia Airways Boeing 737-400 taking off from Haneda Airport, Tokyo (2007)
A Solaseed Air Boeing 737-400 climbs away from Haneda Airport, Tokyo (2012)

Solaseed Air operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations (As of August 2014):[6]

Base
City Province/Region Country IATA ICAO Airport
KagoshimaKyushuJapanKOJRJFKKagoshima Airport
KobeKansaiJapanUKBRJBEKobe Airport
KumamotoKyushuJapanKMJRJFTKumamoto Airport
Kunisaki/ŌitaKyushuJapanOITRJFOOita Airport
MiyazakiKyushuJapanKMIRJFMMiyazaki Airport
NagasakiKyushuJapanNGSRJFUNagasaki Airport
NahaKyushuJapanOKAROAHNaha Airport
IshigakiKyushuJapanISGROIGIshigaki Airport
TokyoKantoJapanHNDRJTTHaneda Airport

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

Fleet

A Solaseed Air Boeing 737-800 at Haneda Airport, Tokyo (2012)

The Solaseed Air fleet consists of the following aircraft with an average age of about 3 years (As of March 2016).

Solaseed Air Fleet
Aircraft In fleet Orders Passengers
Boeing 737-800
12
0
174
Total 12 0

Fleet Notes

In September 2014, Solaseed Air stored their last remaining 737-400 aircraft, and currently became an airline having only 737-800. operator.[7]

The all fleet's cabin specification are Boeing Sky Interior, and all attached winglets on wing tip.

References

  1. ↑ Solaseed Air Corporate Info (Japanese)
  2. ↑ "Skynet to fly under new name of Solaseed". Kyodo News. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
  3. ↑ "会社概要" (Archive). Solaseed Air. Retrieved on January 26, 2014. "本社 〒 880-0912 宮崎市大字赤江　宮崎空港内（宮崎空港ビル2階）"
  4. ↑ "会社概要" (Archive). SkyNet Asia. April 6, 2004. Retrieved on January 26, 2014. "■本社 〒 880-0912 宮崎市大字赤江字飛江田 148"
  5. ↑ "会社概要／会社案内" (Archive) SkyNet Asia. December 17, 2008. Retrieved on January 26, 2014. "■本社・SNAセンター 〒 880-0805 宮崎市橘通東 3-1-11　アゲインビル1F"
  6. ↑ Solaseed Air Route Map (Japanese) skynetasia.co.jp
  7. ↑ http://worldairlinenews.com/2014/08/24/solaseed-air-to-retire-the-last-boeing-737-400-on-september-30/

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