Skymark Airlines
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| Skymark Airlines スカイマーク |
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ICAO SKY |
Callsign SKYMARK |
| Founded | 1996 | |
| Hubs | Tokyo International Airport | |
| Fleet size | 9 | |
| Destinations | 5 | |
| Parent company | Skymark Airlines Inc. TYO: 9204 | |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | |
| Key people | Shinichi Nishikubo (Chairman, President and CEO) | |
| Website: http://www.skymark.co.jp | ||
Skymark Airlines Inc. (スカイマーク株式会社 Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha?) is an airline headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. It operates scheduled passenger services on Japan's regional routes and international charter flights to Seoul. Its main base is Tokyo International Airport (Haneda).
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[edit] History
The airline was established in 1996 and started operations on 19 September 1998, as an open sky domestic airline following deregulation. The major shareholders are Shinichi Nishikubo (35.47%), President of the company, and H.I.S. (27.62%). It has 821 employees.
[edit] Services
Skymark Airlines operates scheduled flights from Tokyo International Airport in Ota, Tokyo to:
- Fukuoka Airport in Fukuoka, Fukuoka
- Kobe Airport in Kobe, Hyōgo
- New Chitose Airport in Chitose & Tomakomai, Hokkaidō
- Naha Airport in Naha, Okinawa.
Skymark offers one-way fares as low as ¥5,000 on the Tokyo-Kobe route. [1]
[edit] Fleet
The Skymark Airlines fleet consists of the following aircraft (as of April 2008) [1] :
767-300ER aircraft JA767A and JA767B, fitted with 12 first class and 297 economy seats, are usually operated on the Fukuoka route and are both painted with billboard-style advertising on each side of the fuselage. JA767C, with 24 first class and 230 economy, is usually operated on the Kagoshima route and carries a standard livery.
Skymark is purchasing more 737 aircraft to replace its 767 fleet by 2010. By the time the last 767s are retired, the airline plans to have a fleet of at least ten 737s. The first two 737s will be used on Skymark's Kobe flights starting in 2006. It already took delivery of 3 B737-800s and still operates 6 B767-300s which are to leave the fleet by 2009 at which point it plans on operating 9 B737-800s with 5 more arriving by 2011.
[edit] External links
- Skymark Airlines (Japanese)
- Skymark Airlines (English)
- Skymark Airlines Fleet
[edit] References
- ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006
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