New Japan Aviation
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Founded | July 1969 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
Destinations | 2 | ||||||
Headquarters | Kagoshima Airport, Japan | ||||||
Website | newj.co.jp |
New Japan Aviation (新日本航空, Shin Nihon Kōkū), also known as Shinnikkō (新日航) or NJA, is a Japanese aviation services company that operates scheduled air service between Niigata and Sado Island, as well as flight training and other services from its headquarters at Kagoshima Airport.
History
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NJA began scheduled service between Niigata and Sado in February 2011.[1] NJA suspended the route for eleven days in July 2012 after its Islander aircraft struck a car while taxiing at Niigata Airport.[2] NJA suspended the route again in February 2013 due to a faulty generator indicator on its Islander aircraft, which could only be fixed by importing special components.[3] The service resumed in August 2013.[4] It is the only airline currently providing scheduled service to Sado Island, although other scheduled operators have served the airport in the past.[5]
Scheduled destinations
- Niigata Airport
- Sado Airport
Non-scheduled destinations / Charter flights
- Kagoshima Airport
- Satsuma Iōjima Airport
- Miyazaki Airport
- Kumamoto Airport
- Amakusa Airport
- Kitakyushu Airport
- Nagasaki Airport
- Oita Airport
Fleet
- Four Cessna 172
- One Britten-Norman Islander
References
- ^ "佐渡/新潟に新日本航空が就航へ-整備士の募集開始". FlyTeam.jp. 13 February 2011. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開-7月14日から". FlyTeam.jp. 15 July 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "新日本航空、メーターの故障で10月5日から新潟/佐渡線を運休". FlyTeam.jp. 7 October 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "新日本航空、新潟/佐渡線の運航を再開 1ヶ月半は1往復運航". FlyTeam.jp. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
- ^ "佐渡空港". Niigata Prefectural Government. Retrieved 21 January 2014.
External links
Media related to New Japan Aviation at Wikimedia Commons
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