| Hokkaido International Airlines 北海道国際航空 |
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ICAO ADO |
Callsign Air Do |
| Founded | May 12, 1998 | |
| Hubs | Tokyo International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 5 | |
| Destinations | 5 (4 flight lines) | |
| Parent company | Corporate rehabilitation fund (96.07%) | |
| Headquarters | Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan | |
| Key people | ||
| Website: http://www.airdo.jp/ | ||
Hokkaido International Airlines (北海道国際航空株式会社 Hokkaidō Kokusai Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha?), also known as Air Do (エア・ドゥ Ea Du?) is a Japanese low-cost airline. Based in Sapporo, Hokkaidō, it operates between Tokyo and cities in Hokkaidō. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo [1].
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History
The airline was established in 1996 and started operations in December 1998. The brainchild of a successful poultry farmer in Hokkaidō, it is owned by Mizuho Financial Group (96.07%) and individual investors (3.93%). It has 565 employees (at March 2007)[1]. Air Do was one of Japan's first low-cost airlines. It originally competed with Japan's major domestic carriers (All Nippon Airways, Japan Airlines, and Japan Air System), who lowered their fares to Air Do's level without seriously compromising corporate profits. After two years of losses, the airline entered a code-sharing agreement with ANA, and now has the same general fare structure as the majors.
Destinations
Air Do operates services to the following domestic scheduled destinations from Tokyo.[2]
- Tokyo International Airport - Asahikawa Airport (Asahikawa)
- Tokyo International Airport - New Chitose Airport (Sapporo)
- Tokyo International Airport - Hakodate Airport (Hakodate)
- Tokyo International Airport - Memanbetsu Airport (Ōzora)
Fleet
The Air Do fleet consists of the following aircraft (at May 2007):
External links
References
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines", Flight International, 2007-03-27, pp. 55-56.
- ^ http://www.airdo.jp/timetable/index.html
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| Low Cost Domestic | Air Japan · Air Next · Air Do · JAL Express · Skymark Airlines · StarFlyer |  |
| Domestic | JAL: (Hokkaido Air System · J-Air · Japan Air Commuter · Japan Transocean Air · Ryukyu Air Commuter ) ANA: (Air Central · Air Japan · Air Nippon · Air Nippon Network) · airtransse · Amakusa Airlines · Ibex Airlines · Kyokushin Air · New Central Airlines · Oriental Air Bridge · Skynet Asia Airways | |
| Int'l and Domestic | All Nippon Airways · JAL: (Japan Airlines · Japan Asia Airways · JALways) | |
| Cargo Only | ANA & JP Express · Galaxy Airlines · Nippon Cargo Airlines | |
| Defunct/Dissolved | Air Hokkaido · Japan Airlines Domestic | |
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