was a

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based in the

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complex in Minato,

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. It was a wholly owned

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All Nippon Airways , also known as ANA (''Ē-enu-ē'') or is an airline in Japan. Its headquarters are located in Shiodome City Center in the Shiodome area of Minato ward of Tokyo. It operates services to both domestic and international destinations and had mo ...

(ANA). Its main base was

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Code data

In April 2004, Air Nippon adopted ANA flight codes and numbers for all domestic services.

History

AIR NIPPON YS-11A-213 (JA8729 2097) (4079864791)

The company was founded by ANA,

Japan Airlines , also known as JAL (''Jaru'') or , is an international airline and Japan's flag carrier and largest airline as of 2021 and 2022, headquartered in Shinagawa, Tokyo. Its main hubs are Tokyo's Narita International Airport and Haneda Airport, as w ...

and

TOA Domestic was the smallest of the big three Japanese airlines. In contrast to the other two, Japan Airlines, JAL and All Nippon Airways, ANA, JAS' international route network was very small, but its domestic network incorporated many smaller airports tha ...

as 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

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'' (lit. ''Air Nippon

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.''). It had 12

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aircraft. 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

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member. However, on

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flights before April 2008, Air Nippon's IATA code EL was still used due to political reasons and these flights are not considered being Star Alliance flights. In 1998 the airline was headquartered in

Shinagawa is a special ward in Tokyo, Japan. The Ward refers to itself as Shinagawa City in English. The Ward is home to ten embassies. , the Ward had an estimated population of 380,293 and a population density of 16,510 persons per km2. The total are ...

, Tokyo. In 2002 Air Nippon was headquartered on the 5th floor of the by

in Ōta.

, which became headquarters of Air Nippon and parent company ANA, opened in 2003. The airline employed 1,686 staff (at March 2007). On 1 October 2010, Air Nippon Network was merged into

ANA Wings ANA Wings Co.,Ltd. (ANAウイングス株式会社 ''ANA Uingusu Kabushiki Kaisha'') is a regional airline with its corporate headquarters at Itami Airport near Osaka, Japan and a wholly owned subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). The airli ...

. On 1 April 2012, Air Nippon was merged to

Destinations

Fleet

The Air Nippon fleet consisted of the following aircraft throughout operations:Air Nippon fleet list at ch-aviation.ch. Retrieved 2009-12-30.
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References

External links

Official website

Air Nippon Fleet Detail
{{Authority control Defunct airlines of Japan All Nippon Airways Airlines established in 1987 Airlines disestablished in 2012 Former Star Alliance affiliate members