Hokkaido Air System
| Hokkaido Air System KK 北海道 エ ア シ ス テ ム |
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| IATA code : | 6L |
| ICAO code : | NTH |
| Call sign : | NORTH AIR |
| Founding: | 1997 |
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Chitose , Japan
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| Home airport : | Okadama |
| Company form: | KK |
| Management: | Yōichirō Kuwano (President & CEO ) |
| Number of employees: | 86 (as of July 2018) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | JAL Mileage Bank |
| Fleet size: | 4 (+ 1 order) |
| Aims: | national |
| Website: | www.info.hac-air.co.jp |
Hokkaido Air System Co., Ltd. ( Japanese 株式会社 北海道 エ ア シ ス テ ム Hokkaidō Ea Shisutemu Kabushiki-gaisha ), HAC for short , is a Japanese regional airline based in Chitose . It is a subsidiary of Japan Airlines .
history
Hokkaido Air System was founded in 1997 and began flight operations in 1998. The company was a subsidiary of Japan Air System , which later merged with Japan Airlines .
On April 1, 2006, the last route, Hakodate - Okushiri , was taken over by the insolvent Air Hokkaido .
In March 2011, HAC left the JAL Group due to its restructuring. HAC was now owned by the government of Hokkaidō (36.5%), Japan Airlines (14.5%), Sapporo (13.5%) and 35.5% in free float.
In August 2013 Japan Airlines was asked by the Liberal Democratic Party to make the financially ailing Hokkaido Air System its subsidiary again.
In October 2014, Japan Airlines' stake rose to 51.2%, making HAC a subsidiary of JAL again. At Farnborough International Airshow 2018, the airline signed a letter of intent to purchase two ATR 42-600s to replace the aging Saab 340s.
Destinations
Hokkaido Air System flies to destinations within Japan from Okadama .
fleet
As of March 2020, the Hokkaido Air System fleet consists of four aircraft with an average age of 14.5 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| ATR 42-600 | 1 | 1 | first delivery in December 2019 | |
| Saab 340B | 3 | successive withdrawal from 2020 | 36 | |
| total | 4th | 1 |
See also
Web links
- Hokkaido Air System website (Japanese)
- Photos of the Hokkaido Air System on airliners.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c info.hac-air.com 企業 情報 (Japanese), accessed on September 16, 2018
- ↑ jal.com - Japan Airlines System Corporation Management Policies (PDF file; English)
- ↑ a b Nihon Keizai Shimbun - 北海道 「HAC の 負担 重 く」 再 子 会 社 化 を 要 請 へ (Japanese)
- ↑ ch-aviation - Hokkaido Air System returns to JAL-control (English)
- ↑ a b c info.hac-air.com (Japanese), accessed on September 16, 2018
- ^ Hokkaido Air System Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 23, 2020 (English).
