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The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by
RAC official web site (Japanese)
{{Airlines of Japan Regional airlines of Japan Japan Airlines Airlines established in 1985 Companies based in Okinawa Prefecture Japanese companies established in 1985
airline
An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in wh ...
headquartered in Naha
is the capital city of Okinawa Prefecture, the southernmost prefecture of Japan. As of 1 June 2019, the city has an estimated population of 317,405 and a population density of 7,939 persons per km2 (20,562 persons per sq. mi.). The total area ...
, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa
is a prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 km2 (880 sq mi).
Naha is the capital and largest city ...
to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands
The The name ''Amami-guntō'' was standardized on February 15, 2010. Prior to that, another name, ''Amami shotō'' (奄美諸島), was also used. is an archipelago in the Satsunan Islands, which is part of the Ryukyu Islands, and is southwest of ...
, Kagoshima Prefecture.
History
The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air
, or JTA, is an airline based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west b ...
(72.9%), other shareholders (22.0%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%). In 2015, the airline signed a firm purchase agreement for five Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 passenger/cargo combi aircraft
Combi aircraft in commercial aviation are aircraft that can be used to carry either passengers as an airliner, or cargo as a freighter, and may have a partition in the aircraft cabin to allow both uses at the same time in a mixed passenger/fre ...
, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2014. It will be the launch customer for this new variant aircraft. The final Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 flight was on 31 January 2018.
Destinations
Scheduled destinations (as of November 2019):Fleet
Current fleet
The Ryukyu Air Commuter fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of August 2019):Former fleet
The airline previously operated the following aircraft: *1 Bombardier Dash 8-100 *1 Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 *1 Britten-Norman BN-2 IslanderReferences
External links
RAC official web site (Japanese)
{{Airlines of Japan Regional airlines of Japan Japan Airlines Airlines established in 1985 Companies based in Okinawa Prefecture Japanese companies established in 1985