Skymark Airlines

Skymark Airlines スカイマーク
IATA BC	ICAO SKY	Callsign SKYMARK
Founded		1996
Hubs		Tokyo International Airport
Fleet size		9
Destinations		5
Parent company		Skymark Airlines Inc. TYO: 9204
Headquarters		Tokyo, Japan
Key people		Shinichi Nishikubo (Chairman, President and CEO)
Website: http://www.skymark.co.jp

Skymark Airlines Inc. (スカイマーク株式会社, Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled passenger services on Japan's regional routes and international charter flights to Seoul. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).

History

The airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 19 September 1998, as an open sky domestic airline following deregulation. The major shareholders are Shinichi Nishikubo (35.47%), President of the company, and H.I.S. (27.62%). It has 821 employees.

Services

Skymark Airlines operates scheduled flights from Tokyo International Airport in Ota, Tokyo to:

• Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, Fukuoka
• Kobe Airport in Kobe, Hyōgo
• New Chitose Airport in Chitose & Tomakomai, Hokkaidō
• Naha Airport in Naha, Okinawa.

Skymark offers one-way fares as low as ¥5,000 on the Tokyo-Kobe route. [1]

Fleet

Boeing 737-800 in new Skymark livery

The Skymark Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2006) ^[1] :

• 6 Boeing 767-300ER
• 3 Boeing 737-800

767-300ER aircraft JA767A and JA767B, fitted with 12 first class and 297 economy seats, are usually operated on the Fukuoka route and are both painted with billboard-style advertising on each side of the fuselage. JA767C, with 24 first class and 230 economy, is usually operated on the Kagoshima route and carries a standard livery. Skymark is purchasing more 737 aircraft to replace its 767 fleet by 2010. By the time the last 767s are retired, the airline plans to have a fleet of at least ten 737s. The first two 737s will be used on Skymark's Kobe flights starting in 2006. It already took delivery of 3 B737-800s and still operates 6 B767-300s which are to leave the fleet by 2009 at which point it plans on operating 9 B737-800s with 2 more arriving by 2011.

External links

• Skymark Airlines (Japanese)
• Skymark Airlines (English)
• Skymark Airlines Fleet

References

1. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006

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