is a Japanese regional

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headquartered in

Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka is the easternmost of the three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. History Shimizu-ku was created on April 1, 2005, when Shizuoka became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Its area is almo ...

Shizuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region of Honshu. Shizuoka Prefecture has a population of 3,637,998 and has a geographic area of . Shizuoka Prefecture borders Kanagawa Prefecture to the east, Yamanashi Prefecture to the northea ...

. It operates a fleet of

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with three main hubs at

Shizuoka Airport , also called Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport, is located in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Opened on June 4, 2009, the airport has domestic service to Sapporo, Fukuoka, Naha (Okinawa Prefecture, Okinawa), Komatsu, Ishikawa, Komatsu, Kumamoto, and Kagosh ...

Nagoya Airfield , also known as Komaki Airport or Nagoya Airport, is an airport which lies within the local government areas of Toyoyama, Komaki, Kasugai and Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. It was once an international airport, but is now a domestic sec ...

and

Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, south of Sannomiya StationAIS Japan

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on November 30, 2007 for two

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s for its startup airline, with a purchase right to acquire one additional aircraft. The contract value was estimated to be approximately

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, if the purchase right was exercised. At that time, the yet-to-be-established airline was Embraer's second customer in Japan. Suzuyo later established the airline as Fuji Dream Airlines on June 24, 2008 with an initial

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of ¥450

, with Yohei Suzuki serving as the airline's president and

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(CEO). On October 27, 2008, Embraer received the type certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB) to operate the Embraer E170 in Japan, with Fuji Dream Airlines receiving its first Embraer E170 on February 20, 2009 as Embraer's second Japanese customer, following

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. On June 15, 2009, the contract between Embraer and the airline was amended, allowing for the airline to acquire the larger

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, which was delivered in January 2010. The airline's inaugural flight occurred on July 23, 2009, with its initial operations consisting of two daily flights to

Komatsu Airport is an international airport located west southwest of Komatsu Station in the city of Komatsu, Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the largest airport in the Hokuriku region and serves the southern portion of Ishikawa Prefecture including the ca ...

and one daily flight each to

Kagoshima , abbreviated to , is the capital city of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. Located at the southwestern tip of the island of Kyushu, Kagoshima is the largest city in the prefecture by some margin. It has been nicknamed the "Naples of the Eastern wor ...

and

Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ...

from its home base at

. On April 1, 2010, the airline commenced three daily flights between

Matsumoto Airport Matsumoto Airport (松本空港) , also known as Shinshu-Matsumoto Airport, is an airport located southwestAIS Japan
of c ...

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and one daily flight between Matsumoto and Sapporo Chitose, taking over the services of

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(JAL) on the routes as part of a new

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. Fuji Dream's route network expanded further as the airline received new aircraft, including services from Shizuoka and

(Nagoya Komaki) to Fukuoka in October 2010, services from Nagoya Komaki to Kumamoto and from Shizuoka to Sapporo Chitose in March 2011, services from Nagoya Komaki to

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and

Hanamaki is a Cities of Japan, city in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 94,691, and a population density of 100 persons per km², in 37,773 households. The total area of the city is . Hanamaki is famous as the birthplace ...

in August 2011, and service between Fukuoka and Niigata in October 2011. In January 2013, the airline added

Kōchi Airport Kōchi Airport ( ja, 高知空港, '')'' , also known as Kōchi Ryōma Airport ( ja, 高知龍馬空港, '), is a regional airport in Nankoku, a city in Kōchi Prefecture of Japan. It is located on the southeastern coast, east In March 2014, the airline added

Yamagata Airport is a 2nd-class airport in Higashine, Yamagata, Japan. The airport is north of the city of Yamagata. History Kamiyama Training Airfield was opened by the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. It was briefly used by the United States milita ...

as a new destination with services from Nagoya Komaki. In March 2015, the airline added new service to

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and

Kitakyushu is a Cities of Japan, city located in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of June 1, 2019, Kitakyushu has an estimated population of 940,978, making it the second-largest city in both Fukuoka Prefecture and the island of Kyushu after the city of Fuku ...

from Nagoya Komaki. In April 2016, the airline announced service to a second Sapporo airport, with flights to

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from Shizuoka beginning in June 2016. In January 2018, Fuji Dream Airlines announced routes from Izumo to both Shizuoka and

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as a new destination, beginning in March and April 2018 respectively. During late 2019, the airline added new routes to

Kobe Airport is an airport on an artificial island just off the coast of Kobe, south of Sannomiya StationAIS Japan

Corporate affairs

The head office of Fuji Dream Airlines is in Shimizu-ku,

. The airline is a wholly owned

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of Suzuyo & Co., Ltd., whose core businesses include domestic and international logistics. On June 22, 2020, the airline appointed Shunichi Kususe as CEO and Tokuyasu Miwa as company president, following former president and CEO Yohei Suzuki's retirement from the airline.

Destinations

, Fuji Dream Airlines operates or has operated scheduled flights to the following destinations in Japan:

Codeshare agreements

Fuji Dream Airlines has a

with

Fleet

, Fuji Dream Airlines operates the following aircraft:

Fleet development

Fuji Dream Airlines launched in July 2009 with an initial fleet of two

aircraft, before receiving its first

aircraft in January 2010 and an additional E170 and E175 in October 2010, with the airline's fleet by then consisting of three E170s and two E175s. The airline's Embraer E175 fleet continued to grow in subsequent years, with orders for one E175 and one purchase right in October 2010, two E175s in December 2012, three E175s with three purchase rights in July 2014, three E175s with three purchase rights in June 2017, and two E175s in June 2019. In June 2017, the airline had expressed interest in both the

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and

Mitsubishi MRJ The Mitsubishi SpaceJet (, originally named ''Mitsubishi Regional Jet'') is a regional jet developed by Japanese company Mitsubishi Aircraft Corporation (MAC), a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) subsidiary. The airframe is made mainly in alumi ...

(later the SpaceJet) in order to operate aircraft with a higher seating capacity, but in the case of the SpaceJet had decided to wait for the aircraft's eventual launch to observe its operating performance before making a decision.

Livery

Fuji Dream Airlines'

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consists of a solid color across the aircraft's fuselage, engines, and wingtips, with the airline's wordmark and name written on the fuselage, usually in white. Individual aircraft are given a unique color scheme making them distinct from one another, such as in red, light blue, green, gold, silver, or violet. The

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(tail fin) features the airline's logo, itself resembling

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backed by a morning sunrise, colored to mirror the aircraft's given color scheme, with the exception of the logo's uppermost yellow stripe, resembling the morning sun. One aircraft, an Embraer E175 registered JA12FJ, instead features a predominantly inverted color scheme consisting of a solid white fuselage, with the airline's wordmark, logo, engines, and wingtips largely painted in the brand's standard red color.

Cabin and services

Fuji Dream Airlines' aircraft cabins consist of either 76 or 84 economy class seats, with each seat measuring approximately wide with a standard

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of . On the airline's flights, complimentary refreshment services are offered. The airline also has an in-flight magazine titled ''Dream 3776'', with its name originating and derived from the airline's name and

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. With the increasing length of some of the airline's flights and routes, especially those of its charter flights, the airline has also considered the addition of in-flight

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access.

References

External links

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Suzuyo & Co., Ltd.
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