Oriental Air Bridge is an airline based in Nagasaki, Japan operating charter, regional, domestic, passenger services. Its main base is Nagasaki International Airport (NGS) and it has a hub at Fukuoka International Airport (FUK). A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... Megane-bashi (Spectacles Bridge) Nagasaki  listen? (長崎市; -shi, literally long peninsula) is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture located at the south-western coast of Kyushu, Japan. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: NGK
• Callsign: Oriental Bridge

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History

The airline was established in 1961 as Nagasaki Airways. It was renamed Oriental Air Bridge in March 2001. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Oriental Air Bridge is an airline based in Nagasaki, Japan operating charter, regional, domestic, passenger services. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Services

Oriental Air Bridge provides a charter service throughout southern Japan, as well as scheduled services between Nagasaki and Fukuoka (at January 2005). Masanobu Fukuoka, author of The One Straw Revolution, is the pioneer of No Till grain growing (see also permaculture) Fukuoka is also the name of two towns in Japan, Fukuoka, Toyama (in Toyama Prefecture) and Fukuoka, Gifu (in Gifu Prefecture) Central Fukuoka View of Momochi, Fukuoka. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and is the current year. ...

Fleet

The Oriental Air Bridge fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 2 Bombardier Dash 8 Q200
• 3 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander

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External Links

• Oriental Air Bridge