List of defunct airlines of Japan

This is a list of defunct airlines of Japan.[1][2]

Airline Japanese name Image IATA ICAO Callsign Founded Ceased
operations 		Notes
Air Central エアーセントラル NV CRF AIR CENTRAL 1988 2010 Merged with Air Next and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings
Air Hokkaido ã‚¨ã‚¢ãƒ¼åŒ—æµ·é“ ADK AIR DREAM 1994 2006
Air Next エアーãƒã‚¯ã‚¹ãƒˆ 7A NXA BLUE DOLPHIN 2004 2010 Merged with Air Central and Air Nippon Network to form ANA Wings
Air Nippon エアーニッãƒãƒ³ EL ANK ANK AIR 1987 2012 Merged into All Nippon Airways
Air Nippon Network エアーニッãƒãƒ³ãƒãƒƒãƒˆãƒ¯ãƒ¼ã‚¯ EH AKX ALPHA WING 2002 2010 Merged with Air Central and Air Next to form ANA Wings
AirAsia Japan (Part 1) エアアジア・ジャパン DJ WAJ WING ASIA 2011 2013 Rebranded as Vanilla Air
AirAsia Japan (Part 2) エアアジア・ジャパン DJ WAJ WING ASIA 2017 2020 Shut down due to effects of the COVID-19 pandemic
ANA & JP Express ANA & JP エクスプレス 9N AJV AYJAY CARGO 2006 2010 Merged into Air Japan
Fuji Air Lines 富士航空 1952 1964 Merged with Nitto Airlines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines
Fujita Airlines 藤田航空 1956 1963 Merged into All Nippon Airways
Galaxy Airlines ギャラクシーエアラインズ J7 GXY GALAX 2005 2008
Harlequin Air ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ¬ã‚¯ã‚£ãƒ³ã‚¨ã‚¢ JH HLQ HARLEQUIN 1997 2005 Affiliate of Japan Air System, now part of Japan Airlines
Imperial Japanese Airways 大日本航空 1938 1945
Japan Airlines Domestic 日本航空ジャパン JL JFL J-BIRD 2004 2006 Merged into Japan Airlines
Japan Asia Airways 日本アジア航空 EG JAA ASIA 1975 2008 Merged into Japan Airlines
Japan Domestic Airlines 日本国内航空 1964 1971 Merged with Toa Airways to form Toa Domestic Airlines
JAL Cargo (Part 1) JALカーゴ JL JAL JAPAN AIR 1982 2010
JAL Express JALエクスプレス JC JEX JANEX 1997 2014 Integrated into Japan Airlines
JALways JALウェイズ JO JAZ JALWAYS 1991 2010 Merged into Japan Airlines
Japan Air System 日本エアシステム JD JAS AIR SYSTEM 1988 2004 Rebranded as Japan Airlines Domestic
Japan Air Transport 日本航空é‹é€ 1928 1938 Merged into Imperial Japanese Airways
Japan Universal System Transport 日本ユニãƒãƒ¼ã‚µãƒ«èˆªç©º YU JST 1991 1996
Kyokushin Air 旭伸航空 KOK KYOKUSHIN AIR 1968 2008
Link Airs リンク 2012 2014 Went bankrupt and never launched
Nakanihon Airlines 中日本エアラインサービス 1998 2005 Commuter division of Nakanihon Air Service, rebranded as Air Central
Nitto Airlines æ—¥æ±èˆªç©º 1955 1964 Merged with Fuji Air Lines and North Japan Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines
North Japan Airlines 北日本航空 1962 1964 Merged with Fuji Air Lines and Nitto Airlines to form Japan Domestic Airlines
Orange Cargo オレンジカーゴ ORJ ORANGE CARGO 2002 2004 Went bankrupt
Skynet Asia Airways スカイãƒãƒƒãƒˆã‚¢ã‚¸ã‚¢èˆªç©º LQ SNJ NEW SKY 1997 2011 Rebranded as Solaseed Air
Southwest Air Lines å—西航空 NU SWL NANSEI 1967 1993 Rebranded as Japan Transocean Air
Toa Airways æ±äºœèˆªç©º TAW TOA DOMES 1953 1971 Merged with Japan Domestic Airlines to form Toa Domestic Airlines
Toa Domestic Airlines æ±äºœå›½å†…航空 JD TDA TOA DOMES 1971 1988 Rebranded as Japan Air System
Vanilla Air ãƒãƒ‹ãƒ©ãƒ»ã‚¨ã‚¢ JW VNL VANILLA 2013 2019 Merged into Peach Aviation

See also

References

  1. ^ "The World's leading Airline Intelligence Provider since 1998". ch-aviation.com. Retrieved 2018-12-02.
  2. ^ "Since 1997, ATDB is the only service providing an accurate global and permanently updated details of all worldwide transport aircraft, airlines, private and government operators - and leasing companies". aerotransport.org. Retrieved 2018-12-02.