Japan Air System
| Japan Air System 株式会社 日本 エ ア シ ス テ ム |
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| IATA code : | JD |
| ICAO code : | JAS (previously TDA) |
| Call sign : | AIR SYSTEM (previously TOA DOMES) |
| Founding: | 1971 as Tōa Kokunai Kōkū |
| Operation stopped: | 2002 |
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Tokyo , Japan
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| Home airport : | Tokyo Haneda |
| Company form: | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| Frequent Flyer Program : | JAS Mileage Service |
| Fleet size: | 85 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.jas.co.jp ( Memento from February 12, 2003 in the Internet Archive ) |
| Japan Air System 株式会社 日本 エ ア シ ス テ ム ceased operations in 2002. The information in italics refer to the last status before the end of operation. |
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Japan Air System ( JAS ; Japanese 株式会社 日本 エ ア シ ス テ ム , Kabushiki-gaisha Nihon Ea Shisutemu ) was a Japanese airline based in Tokyo and based at Tokyo Haneda Airport . In 2002 it merged with Japan Airlines .
history
First years
The airline was founded on May 15, 1971 as Tōa Kokunai Kōkū ( TDA ; 東 亜 国内 航空 , English Toa Domestic Airlines ) through the merger of Tōa Kōkū ( 東 亜 航空 , English Toa Airways ) and Nihon Kokunai Kōkū ( 日本 国内 航空 , English Japan Domestic Airlines ) was founded. The fleet initially consisted of Boeing 727-100 and NAMC YS-11 , from 1974 mainly Douglas DC-9s were used in several variants. From 1981 to 1987, eleven Airbus A300B2 were added. In 1983 Japan Air Commuter was founded as a subsidiary.
International routes included
Tōa Kokunai Kōkū was finally reorganized on April 1, 1988 in the course of taking up international routes to Japan Air System. For this purpose, two McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30s and 12 Airbus A300-600Rs were purchased. The airline now flew from Tokyo Narita Airport to Seoul . In 1993 connections to Singapore and Honolulu were established.
In 1995, Japan Air System served 99 domestic airports and a few overseas. In 1997 the first Boeing 777 joined the fleet. For this purpose, Japan Air System organized a competition for a new aircraft painting. This was presented to the public in 1997 with the submission of the 13-year-old Masatomo Watanabe for the 25th company anniversary. In the same year, Harlequin Air was founded as a subsidiary. In 1999 a codeshare partnership with Northwest Airlines was started.
Merger with Japan Airlines
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In November 2001, Japan Air System and Japan Airlines ( JAL for short ) shared their merger plans with the public. At that time, JAL controlled 25% of the domestic market and thus only half as much as All Nippon Airways ( ANA for short ), which is why Japan Airlines saw a more powerful position in the domestic market in the merger and increased competition with ANA. In August 2002 a joint flight plan was drawn up.
On October 2, 2002, the two airlines founded the holding company Japan Airlines System (Japanese 日本 航空 シ ス テ ム Nihon Kōkū Shisutemu ). The two brands “Japan Airlines” and “Japan Air System” remained until April 1, 2004, when Japan Airlines changed its name to “Japan Airlines International” and Japan Air System to “Japan Airlines Domestic”. This officially ended the use of the name "Japan Air System". The two companies finally merged on October 1, 2006.
Destinations
The airports Tokyo-Haneda and Osaka-Itami were most recently used as bases. Japan Air System served numerous domestic Japanese destinations and concentrated mainly on the airports of Fukuoka , Chūbu and New Chitose . Internationally, the cities of Hong Kong , Guangzhou , Kunming , Xi'an , Seoul , Singapore and Honolulu were served by Tokyo-Narita Airport .
fleet
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Toa Domestic Airlines (TDA) and Japan Air System (JAS) operated the following aircraft over the course of its existence:
| Aircraft type | number | Working time | TDA or JAS |
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| Airbus A300B2 / B4 | 19th | 1981-2002 | TDA and JAS |
| Airbus A300-600R | 19th | 1991-2002 | YES |
| Boeing 727-100 | 6th | 1972-1975 | TDA |
| Boeing 777-200 | 7th | 1997-2002 | YES |
| Douglas DC-9-41 | 14th | 1973-1997 | TDA and JAS |
| De Havilland DH.114 Tawron Heron | 6th | 1971-1973 | TDA |
| McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 | 3 | 1988-2000 | TDA and JAS |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-81 | 26th | 1981-2002 | TDA and JAS |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-87 | 8th | 1988-2002 | YES |
| McDonnell Douglas MD-90 | 11 | 1996-2002 | YES |
| NAMC YS-11 | 20th | 1971-1996 | TDA and JAS |
Incidents
- On July 3, 1971, a NAMC YS-11 crashed on the approach to Hakodate on Mount Yokotsu-dake. All 68 occupants were killed in the accident (see Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 63 ).
Subsidiaries
Trivia
- The aircraft of the type McDonnell Douglas MD-90 of Japan Air System each wore different "Rainbow" special paintwork, which was designed by the film director Akira Kurosawa .
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b ch-aviation.ch - Japan Air System fleet ( Memento of the original from December 12, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) accessed on September 16, 2011
- ^ JAL's History
- ↑ Japan Air System (JAS) Fleet Details and History. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 27, 2014 ; Retrieved April 21, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ De Havilland DH.114 Heron. Retrieved April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ に ほ ん の ボ ー イ ン グ 727. Accessed April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ NAMC YS-11 production list. Retrieved April 21, 2014 .
- ↑ JAL's History - History of Aircraft - JAS. Retrieved April 21, 2014 .
