Skymark
| Skymark KK ス カ イ マ ー ク |
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| IATA code : | BC |
| ICAO code : | SKY |
| Call sign : | SKYMARK |
| Founding: | 1996 |
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Ōta , Japan
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| Home airport : | Tokyo Haneda |
| Company form: | KK |
| ISIN : | JP3396000006 |
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| Number of employees: | 2,403 (as of April 1, 2019) |
| Sales: | ¥ 1.5 billion (2015) |
| Passenger volume: | 6.5 million (2014) |
| Fleet size: | 29 |
| Aims: | National and international |
| Website: | www.skymark.co.jp |
Skymark Airlines Co., Ltd. ( Japanese ス カ イ マ ー ク 株式会社 Sukaimāku Kabushiki-gaisha ) is a Japanese airline based in Ōta and based at Tokyo Haneda Airport . The shareholders of Skymark are Integral Corporation (50.1%), UDS Airlines Investment (33.4%) and ANA Holdings (16.5%).
history
Skymark was founded on November 12, 1996 and started operations on September 19, 1998.
In 2003 the company went bankrupt and was bought by Shinichi Nishikubo, who made it the third largest airline in Japan.
On February 17, 2011, Skymark became the first Japanese airline to sign a binding agreement to purchase four Airbus A380-800s plus two more as options. The option was redeemed for the Paris Air Show 2011 , Skymark should now receive six A380s. In July 2014, however, it was announced that Skymark would cancel the A380 order for economic reasons. The first A380 planned for the company was already partially painted and equipped and was scheduled for delivery in autumn 2014. There was a risk of a penalty of up to half a billion euros, which would have brought Skymark into bankruptcy . In October 2014, Airbus and Skymark agreed on a contractual penalty in the amount of the advance payment of 182 million euros already made . The prefabricated A380s were delivered to Emirates .
On January 28, 2015 Skymark went bankrupt again, the previous boss Shinichi Nishikubo resigned from his post and was replaced by the previous CFO Masakazu Arimori. A strong yen , the high oil price up to the end of 2014 and new competition let the debt grow to 530 million euros . Flight operations remained upright and the financial investor Integral Corporation introduced new capital available, while Skymark bankruptcy protection enjoys. For cost reasons, Skymark has been operating a pure Boeing 737 fleet since February 2015 and has therefore terminated leasing contracts for its Airbus A330s .
On August 5, 2015, the creditors voted for a partnership with ANA Holdings , the parent company of All Nippon Airways , and thus against the proposal of the largest creditor Intrepid Aviation, which envisaged a partnership with Delta Air Lines .
On September 29, 2015, the board was newly appointed. The previous CEO Masakazu Arimori was replaced by Masahiko Ichie, who previously worked for the Development Bank of Japan , which is indirectly involved in Skymark through the shareholder "UDS Airlines Investment". In addition, Nobuo Sayama, former CEO of the largest shareholder “Integral Corporation”, has been appointed chairman of the board. A codeshare agreement with All Nippon Airways was also announced.
On March 28, 2016, Skymark announced that it had averted bankruptcy after successful restructuring. The airline was targeting annual sales of 7 billion yen by fiscal year 2018 and launching international routes. Regular international flight operations with a daily connection from Tokyo-Narita to Saipan began on November 29, 2019 .
Destinations
From its base in Tokyo-Haneda, Skymark flies to numerous destinations within Japan and internationally to Saipan Airport .
fleet
Current fleet
As of March 2020, the Skymark fleet consists of 29 aircraft with an average age of 8.2 years:
| Aircraft type | number | ordered | Remarks | Seats |
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| Boeing 737-800 | 29 | 28 with winglets provided | 177 |
Former fleet
See also
Web links
- Skymark website (Japanese, Chinese, Korean, English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b skymark.co.jp - About us (English), accessed on 17 July 2009
- ↑ skymark.jp - About Us , accessed December 1, 2019
- ↑ a b Fiscal Year Results for 2014 (Japanese), accessed April 4, 2016
- ↑ Airbus - Skymark Airlines of Japan confirms order for four A380s ( Memento of the original dated February 21, 2011 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), February 18, 2011
- ↑ Airbus - Skymark Airlines orders two more A380s ( Memento of the original from June 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English) June 23, 2011
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Skymark also orders A380 from July 28, 2014
- ↑ aero.de - Emirates takes A380 from Skymark order, accessed on November 5, 2016
- ↑ aero.de - Japan's Skymark Airlines is shedding its sails, accessed on February 19, 2015
- ↑ aerotelegraph.com - Skymark files for bankruptcy, accessed on January 28, 2015
- ↑ ch-aviation - Japan's Skymark scraps A330 leases (English)
- ↑ zipanguflyer.blogspot.de - Creditors choose ANA / Skymark proposal over Delta / Intrepid (English)
- ↑ zipanguflyer.blogspot.de - Skymark relaunched with ANA sponsorship (English)
- ↑ zipanguflyer.blogspot.de - Skymark exits bankruptcy with eye on international (English), accessed on April 4, 2016
- ↑ Skymark Airlines starts 1st regular international flights between Narita and Saipan. In: Mainichi Shimbun . November 29, 2019, accessed December 1, 2019 .
- ↑ skymark.jp - Domestic Routes , accessed on December 1, 2019
- ↑ skymark.jp - International Routes , accessed on December 1, 2019
- ^ Skymark Airlines Fleet Details and History. Retrieved March 23, 2020 .
- ↑ skymark.jp - Our Aircrafts ( Memento of the original from June 22, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English), accessed July 2, 2016
