Air Nippon Network

Bombardier Dash 8 Q300

Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

Terminal 1 of Tokyo International Airport, which includes the Air Nippon Network headquarters

Air Nippon Network (エアーニッポンネットワーク, Eā Nippon Nettowāku^?) (IATA: EH, ICAO: AKX, Call sign: ALPHA WING),^[1] or A-net, was an airline based on the grounds of Tokyo International Airport in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan.^[2]

It operated feeder services for parent Air Nippon, itself a subsidiary of All Nippon Airways (ANA). Its main base was New Chitose Airport.^[3] On October 1, 2010, Air Nippon Network, Air Next and Air Central were merged and rebranded as ANA Wings.

History

The airline was established in May 2001 to operate Air Nippon's local feeder routes from Tokyo and Sapporo. It started operations on 1 July 2002 using three Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft. In December 2003 four more Dash 8s joined to replace Boeing 737 aircraft operated from Osaka (Osaka International Airport) by Air Nippon.^{[citation needed]}

In April 2004 Air Nippon Network was headquartered in Higashi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido.^[4]

Air Nippon Network had 400 employees (at March 2007).^[3]

Destinations

Domestic destinations included:^[5]

Hokkaidō

• Hakodate (Hakodate Airport)
• Kushiro (Kushiro Airport)
• Memanbetsu (Memanbetsu Airport)
• Nakashibetsu (Nakashibetsu Airport)
• Sapporo (New Chitose Airport)
• Wakkanai (Wakkanai Airport)

Kantō

• Tokyo (Tokyo International Airport)
• Miyakejima (Miyakejima Airport)
• Ōshima (Oshima Airport)

Kansai

• Hyōgo Prefecture
  • Osaka International Airport is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
• Osaka Prefecture
  • Osaka
    • Osaka International Airport (Itami) is partly in Hyōgo Prefecture and partly in Osaka Prefecture
    • Kansai International Airport

Tōhoku

• Akita Prefecture
  • Ōdate-Noshiro (Odate-Noshiro Airport)

Chūbu

• Niigata Prefecture
  • Niigata (Niigata Airport)

Chūgoku

• Shimane Prefecture
  • Iwami/Hagi, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Iwami Airport)

Shikoku

• Ehime Prefecture
  • Matsuyama (Matsuyama Airport)
• Kōchi Prefecture
  • Kōchi (Kōchi Ryōma Airport)

Kyūshū

• Fukuoka Prefecture
  • Fukuoka (Fukuoka Airport)
• Saga Prefecture
  • Saga (Saga Airport)

Okinawa

• Naha Airport

International destinations included

Fleet

The Air Nippon Network fleet consisted of the following aircraft (as of June 2008)^[3] :

• 5 Bombardier Dash 8 Q300
• 14 Bombardier Dash 8 Q400

References

External links

• Air Nippon Network

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