Air Japan

airline	Air Japan Co., Ltd. 株式会社エアージャパン
iata	NQ‡R1R‡
icao	AJX‡R1R‡
callsign	AIR JAPAN‡R2R‡
founded	June 29, 1990 (as World Air Network) July 5, 2000 (as Air Japan) March 8, 2022 (AirJapan brand)
commenced	January 1, 2001 (as Air Japan) February 9, 2024 (AirJapan brand)
ceased	March 28, 2026 (AirJapan brand)
bases	Narita International Airport
frequent flyer	ANA Mileage Club
fleet size	3
destinations	3
parent	All Nippon Airways
headquarters	Narita, Chiba, Japan
key people	Hideki Mineguchi (President & CEO)
num employees	903 (June 2023)‡R3R‡
website	www.air-japan.co.jp www.flyairjapan.com

Air Japan Co., Ltd. (株式会社エアージャパン) is a Japanese airline headquartered at Narita International Airport in Narita, Chiba. Initially founded in 1990 as a charter airline,[4] it transitioned to a scheduled carrier in 2000, operating flights on behalf of its parent company, All Nippon Airways.[5] In 2022, ANA Group established AirJapan, a low-cost medium-haul brand operated by Air Japan.[6] On October 30, 2025, the company announced that it would suspend all AirJapan brand flight operations, effective March 28, 2026, as a result of restructuring.[7] ANA Group confirmed that Air Japan, the operating company, will continue to operate ANA brand international flights.[8]

History

Early years

Air Japan was established as World Air Network on June 29, 1990, and became the charter airline arm of All Nippon Airways (ANA), but suspended operations on September 1, 1995. On July 5, 2000, World Air Network was renamed Air Japan, and began operating services under the ANA brand. It relaunched service as a scheduled airline on January 1, 2001; its first flight departed from Osaka to Seoul, South Korea with a Boeing 767-300 transferred from ANA.[9][10][11]

On April 2, 2010, it was announced that Air Japan and ANA & JP Express would merge, with Air Japan being the surviving company.[12][13] In taking over the operations of ANA & JP Express, which operated Boeing 767 cargo aircraft, Air Japan subsequently began operating both the passenger and cargo version of the Boeing 767. It would continue operating Boeing 767s on behalf of ANA, before beginning to operate Boeing 787s on behalf of ANA as well in 2018.[14]

Redevelopment

On March 8, 2022, ANA unveiled plans to transform Air Japan into a low-cost medium-haul carrier, with flights to be launched in the second half of the 2023 fiscal year. It was launched with the slogan Fly Thoughtful, and its brand name was restyled and revised to AirJapan.[6] Up to this point, Air Japan had shared the same callsign with All Nippon Airways on all flights except routes to and from Seoul Incheon, Hong Kong, Taipei, and Honolulu, which used the Air Japan call sign.

On March 9, 2023, ANA announced that Air Japan would be servicing flights to and from Southeast Asia starting in February 2024, using Boeing 787s in an all-economy class layout.[15][16][17] The airline is intended to be ANA's rival to Japan Airlines' Zipair Tokyo, which competes in the same sector.[18][19]

Air Japan

History

Early years

Redevelopment

Cessation of AirJapan brand

Corporate affairs

Destinations

Fleet

Fleet development

Service concept

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