was a Japanese cargo airline headquartered in the ARC Building in Ōta, Tokyo. It operated domestic cargo services. Its main base was Tokyo International Airport.

History

The airline was established on May 17, 2005 and application for operations was filed with the Japanese Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT) in February 2006, with permission to commence operations given in September 2006. On October 31, 2006 services commenced with flights between Tokyo International Airport and

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Okinawa and

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. In December 2006 a second aircraft, an Airbus A300-600F was received, commencing services on April 3, 2007 between Tokyo International Airport, Kansai International Airport in Osaka and New Chitose Airport in

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. It had 122 employees in March 2007. Earlier in the company's life, it was headquartered in Chiyoda, Tokyo. Galaxy Airlines was owned by

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(90%) and Japan Airlines (10%) and had 122 employees (at March 2007). The airline shut down in October 2008.

Destinations

As of October 2008 Galaxy served routes between New Chitose (

), Haneda ( Tokyo), Kansai (

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), New Kitakyūshū ( Fukuoka) and Naha ( Okinawa) airports.

Fleet

As of October 2008 the Galaxy Airlines Company fleet included Galaxy Airlines website
*2 Airbus A300-600R Freighter (both being sold since halting operations in October 2008)

References

External links

Company website

Company website (in Japanese)
{{Authority control Defunct airlines of Japan Airlines established in 2005 Airlines disestablished in 2008 Defunct cargo airlines Airline companies based in Tokyo Cargo airlines of Japan