Japan Asia Airways

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Japan Asia Airways 日本アジア航空 Nihon Ajia Kōkū 日本亞細亞航空
IATA EG	ICAO JAA	Callsign Asia
Founded		1975
Hubs		Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport Narita International Airport Kansai International Airport Chubu Centrair Int'l Airport
Alliance		Oneworld beginning early 2007 (as affiliate of Japan Airlines)
Fleet size		6
Destinations		5
Parent company		Japan Airlines Corp.
Headquarters		Tokyo, Japan
Key people
Website: http://www.japanasia.co.jp

Japan Asia Airways, Co., Ltd. (日本アジア航空株式会社, Nihon Ajia Kōkū Kabushiki-gaisha^?) is an airline subsidiary of Japan Airlines, based in Tokyo. It operates flights between Japan and Taiwan. It was formed in 1975 after the People's Republic of China threatened to deny JAL's proposed routes to the mainland over JAL's and Air China's reciprocal flights (see political status of Taiwan).

Contents 1 Code data 2 History 3 Destinations 3.1 Current 3.2 Former destinations 4 Fleet 5 See also 6 External links 7 References

[edit] Code data

• IATA Code: EG
• ICAO Code: JAA
• Callsign: Asia ^[1]

[edit] History

The airline was established on 8 August 1975 and started operations on 15 September 1975. It was formed to operate services between Japan and Taiwan , but has since extended its routes to other Asian destinations. ^[2]

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Current

• Japan
  • Chubu Centrair International Airport (Nagoya)
  • Kansai International Airport (Osaka)
  • Narita International Airport (Tokyo)
• Taiwan
  • Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (Taipei)
  • Kaohsiung International Airport

[edit] Former destinations

• People's Republic of China
  • Hong Kong International Airport (Hong Kong SAR)
• Japan
  • Naha International Airport (Okinawa)

[edit] Fleet

The Japan Asia Airways fleet consists of the following aircraft (at August 2006) ^[3] :

• 3 Boeing 767-300
• 1 Boeing 747-200 (JA8154, JA8155)
• 2 Boeing 747-300 (JA8185, JA8189)

The airline previously operated Boeing 767 aircraft (returned to Japan Airlines) and McDonnell Douglas DC-10 aircraft.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] See also

• Asia Miles

[edit] External links

• Japan Asia Airways
• Japan Asia Airways Fleet Detail

[edit] References

1. ^ Airline Codes
2. ^ Flight International 5-11 April 2005
3. ^ Flight International, 3-9 October 2006