is a Japanese

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based in

Tokyo Heliport is a heliport in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan, mainly used for flights in the Greater Tokyo Area. It is used by both government organizations and private companies. History The Tokyo Metropolitan Government opened a Tokyo Heliport in the nearby Tatsumi ...

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Tokyo Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...

. Their fleet consists mostly of

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s and operate regular passenger services within the

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. Toho Air Service also provides helicopters in

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or for private purposes.

Overview and operations

The airline was founded in 1960 as Mitsuya Airlines. The name was changed to the current name in 1967. On behalf of the Tokyo Metropolitan Islands Promotion Corporation, Toho Air Service has operated the "Tokyo Ai-Land Shuttle" since 1993, a regular helicopter service in the

. This is the regular helicopter service in Japan. The islands served include Ōshima, To-shima,

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Mikura-jima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Pacific Ocean. Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005)"''Izu Shotō'',"''Japan Encyclopedia,'' p. 412. The island is administered by Tōkyō Metropolis and is located approximately south of Tokyo and south-s ...

Hachijō-jima is a volcanic Japanese island in the Philippine Sea. It is about south of the special wards of Tokyo. It is part of the Izu archipelago and within the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park. Its only municipality is Hachijō. On 1 March 2018, its po ...

, and

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. Since 2018, citizens of the Izu Islands are eligible for an "islander discount". As of March 2019, the airline has carried over 400,000 passengers.

Fleet

Cessna 172 Skyhawk II taxiing at Chofu Airport

Toho Air Service operates both helicopters and aircraft for various purposes. *

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* Aérospatiale Dauphin 2 *

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References

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