Ryukyu Air Commuter
琉球エアーコミューター株式会社
IATA ICAO Callsign
— RAC RYUKYU
Founded17 February 1985 (1985-02-17)
HubsNaha Airport
Fleet size5
Destinations9
Parent companyJapan Airlines (74.5%)
HeadquartersNaha, Okinawa, Japan
Key peopleKyo Irei (President)[1]
Websitewww.rac-okinawa.com

Ryukyu Air Commuter Co., Ltd. (琉球エアーコミューター株式会社, Ryūkyū Eā Komyūtā Kabushiki-gaisha) is a regional airline headquartered in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan.[2] It operates domestic passenger services from the island of Okinawa to other islands of Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture.

History

A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 100 in the old livery, landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)
A RAC Bombardier Dash 8 Q300 landing at Naha Airport, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. (2009)

The airline was established in 1985 and started operations on 17 February 1985. It is owned by Japan Transocean Air (72.9%), other shareholders (22.0%) and Okinawa Prefecture (5.1%). In 2015, the airline signed a firm purchase agreement for five Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 passenger/cargo combi aircraft, following the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in 2014. It became the launch customer for this new variant aircraft upon delivery in 2016.[3] The final Bombardier Dash 8-Q300 flight was on 31 January 2018.

Destinations

Scheduled destinations (as of November 2019):[4]

City IATA ICAO Airport Notes Refs
AmamiASJRJKAAmami Airport
HaterumaHTRRORHHateruma AirportTerminated
IshigakiISGROIGNew Ishigaki Airport
KitadaitōKTDRORKKitadaitō Airport
KumejimaUEOROKJKumejima Airport
Minami-DaitoMMDROMDMinami-Daito Airport
MiyakojimaMMYROMYMiyako Airport
NahaOKAROAHNaha AirportHub
TaramaTRARORTTarama Airport
YonaguniOGNROYNYonaguni Airport
YoronRNJRORYYoron Airport
ZamamiKJPROKRKerama AirportTerminated[5]

Fleet

Current fleet

RAC Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 Combi

As of July 2023, Ryukyu Air Commuter operates the following aircraft:[6][7]

Ryukyu Air Commuter Fleet
Aircraft In Fleet Orders Passengers
(Economy)
De Havilland Dash 8 Q400 Combi 5 — 50 + Cargo
Total 5 —

Former fleet

Ryukyu Air Commuter has previously operated the following aircraft:

References

  1. ↑ "会社概要 : Rac 琉球エアーコミューター株式会社". Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Company Profile Archived 2010-07-02 at the Wayback Machine." (Japanese) Ryukyu Air Commuter. Retrieved on February 14, 2010. "所在地 沖縄県那覇市山下町3番1号（〒900-0027）"
  3. ↑ "Q400 Combi Variant Launched". Airliner World: 19. November 2015.
  4. ↑ "Route Network," Ryukyu Air Commuter
  5. ↑ "Kerama Airport Guide," Japan Airlines
  6. ↑ "Global Airline Guide 2019 (Part One)". Airliner World. October 2019: 18.
  7. ↑ "World Airline Census 2018". Flightglobal.com. Retrieved 2018-08-27.

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