Ryukyu Air Commuter is an airline based in Japan. It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to the Ryukyu Islands and Amami Islands. A Boeing 747-400 of Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... This article is about the prefecture. ... The Ryukyu Islands (琉球列島 Ryūkyū-rettō) are an island group, the southern portion belonging to Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, and the northern part belonging to Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. ...

Code Data

• ICAO Code: RAC

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History

The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (69.8%), other shareholders (44.9%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%). February 17 is the 48th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1985 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Japan Transocean Air (日本トランスオーシャン航空 Nihon Toransuōshan Kōkū or JTA) is an airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines. ... This article is about the prefecture. ...

Services

Domestic scheduled destinations (at January 2005): Aguni, Amami-Oshima, Hateruma, Ishigaki, Kerama, Kita-Daito, Kumejima, Minami-Daito, Naha, Tarama, Yonakuni and Yoron. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Ishigaki (石垣市; -shi) is a city located in Okinawa, Japan. ... Naha (那覇市; -shi) is the capital city of 沖縄県 Okinawa Prefecture (Okinawan Uchinā) in Japan. ...

Fleet

The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2005):

• 4 Bombardier Dash 8 Q100
• 2 Britten-Norman BN2B-20 Islander
• 1 Britten-Norman BN2B-26 Islander