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Air Nippon (エアーニッポン株式会社 Eā Nippon Kabushiki-gaisha^?), is a regional airline based in Tokyo, Japan. A fully-owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA), it mainly operates short routes and flights to isolated islands in support of ANA's domestic services. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport^[1]. It has been suggested that Hieroglyph (French Wiki article) be merged into this article or section. ... For other uses, see Ankh (disambiguation). ... Regional Airlines redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tokyo (disambiguation). ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... All Nippon Airways Co. ... Tokyo International Airport ) (IATA: HND, ICAO: RJTT), located in ÅŒta, Tokyo, Japan, is one of the two primary airports serving the Greater Tokyo Area. ...

Code data

In April 2004, Air Nippon adopted ANA flight codes and numbers for all domestic services, but its previous codes remain in use on Taiwan flights only^{[citation needed]}: Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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History

The company was founded by ANA, Japan Air Lines and TOA Domestic as Nippon Kinkyori Kōkū (日本近距離航空^? lit. Japan Short-Distance Airline) in March 1974 and started operations on 10 October 1974. The name Air Nippon was adopted in 1987, and the abbreviation ANK comes from the full, somewhat redundant name Air Nippon Kabushiki kaisha (lit. Air Nippon corp. ltd.). JAL Boeing 747-400 Japan Airlines (Japanese: 日本航空 Nihon Kōkū, or JAL) is the largest airline in Japan. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... is the 283rd day of the year (284th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ...

As part of ANA's reorganisation, Air Nippon's domestic operations are being consolidated into the main airline. ANA and Air Nippon used different liveries and IATA codes on domestic flights until April 2004, when Air Nippon adopted ANA livery and ANA flight numbers. As an ANA subsidiary, it is considered a full Star Alliance member. However, on Taiwan flights Air Nippon's IATA code EL is still used due to political reasons and these flights are not considered being Star Alliance flights. All Nippon Airways aircraft with Star Alliance livery seen in 2006 A Singapore Airlines Boeing 747-400 in Star Alliance livery while still maintaining its corporate logo on the tail, the only Star Alliance member to do so. ...

The airline employs 1,686 staff (at March 2007) and wholly owns subsidiary airline Air Nippon Network which operates feeder services^[1]. Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era in the 21st century. ... Air Nippon Network (IATA: EH, ICAO: AKX, and Callsign: Alpha Wing) [1], nicknamed A-net, was an airline based in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan. ...

Destinations

In addition to domestic services, Air Nippon has a single international scheduled service to Taipei-Taoyuan this may end from 2008 as ANA plan to serve Taiwan on their own pending approval from China. Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (IATA: TPE, ICAO: RCTP) (Traditional Chinese: or ; Simplified Chinese: ; Tongyong Pinyin: TÃ¡iwan TÃ¡oyuÃ¡n GÃºojÃ¬ JichÇŽng, Pinyin: TÃ¡iwÄn TÃ¡oyuÃ¡n GÃºojÃ¬ JÄ«chÇŽng), formerly Chiang Kai-shek International Airport (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; Tongyong Pinyin: JhongjhÃ¨ng...

Fleet

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Previously operated

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